- General information
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Composition date:
2004
- Duration: 2 h
- Publisher: Peters, nº EP 7788
- Commission: Biennale de Munich, Carnegie Hall Corporation, Festival de Flandres et Ian Pace, Musée d'Orsay et Ensemble intercontemporain, Françoise et Jean-Philippe Billarant pour l'Ircam
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Libretto (details, author):
Charles Bernstein, sur la vie de Walter Benjamin
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Composition date:
2004
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [Solo voice(s), solo instrument(s), choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: piano (also male narrator [Walter Benjamin] ), guitar
- ensemble of vocal soloists(3 soprano, 3 contralto, 3 tenor, 3 bass voice)
- flute (also piccolo, alto flute), oboe (also oboe da caccia, piccolo oboe), 3 clarinets (also 1 Eb clarinet, 3 bass clarinets, 1 contrabass clarinet), soprano saxophone, horn [aussi double cor en si et fa] , trumpet (also trumpet [en ut] , piccolo trumpet, soprano trombone), trombone (also bass trombone, bass trumpet), percussionist, harp, guitar, piano, violin, second violin, viola, cello, double bass
Premiere information
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Date:
25 May 2004
Location:Allemagne, Munich, Biennale.
Observations
Enregistrement : cd NMC D123.
Table of contents
- New Angels/Transient Failure (Prologue) ;
- Les Froissements des Ailes de Gabriel (First Barrier) ;
- The Doctrine of Similarity ;
- Opus Contra Naturam ;
- Pools of Darkness (11 Interrogations) ;
- Seven Tableaux Vivants Representing the Angel of History as Melancholia (Second Barrier) ;
- Stelae for Failed Time.