- General information
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Composition date:
1979
- Duration: 25 mn
- Publisher: Schott
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Composition date:
1979
- Type
- Instrumental ensemble music [Triple wind orchestra (or larger)]
Detailed formation
- 2 flutes (also 2 piccolos, 1 alto flute, 1 bass flute [en ut, amplifiée] ), 3 oboes (also 1 oboe d'amore, 1 English horn, 1 heckelphone), 2 clarinets (also 1 Eb clarinet, 1 bass clarinet), 2 soprano saxophones (also 1 alto saxophone, 1 baritone saxophone, 1 bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 4 percussionists, 1 harp, 1 guitar, 1 piano, 1 harpsichord, 1 celesta, 1 organ, 9 violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 3 double basses
Premiere information
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Date:
6 January 1981
Location:Zürich
Performers:le Tonhalle-Orchester, direction : Hans Werner Henze.
Table of contents
- I. Klage
- II. Gesang
- III. Rückkehr des Orpheus mit Eurydike; Eurydike Tod
- IV. Orpheus' Wahn
- V. Apotheose