general information

composition date
1998-1999
duration
1h
editor
Schott

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (2 solo voices, choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo mezzo-soprano, solo tenor

2 flutes (also 2 piccolos, alto flute), 2 oboes (also English horn), 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, tuba [ou tuba wagner], contrabass tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, harp, celesta, piano

information about the creation

date
August 28, 1999

Berlin, Konzerthaus

interpreters

Stella Doufexis : mezzo-soprano, Thomas Mohr : baryton, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, direction : Semyon Bychkov.

Part titles

  • I.
  1. Gruß seiner Treuen an Friedrich August den Gelilebten bei seiner Rückkunft aus England den 9. August 1844 (texte de Richard Wagner)
  2. Der Knabe und der Tannenbaum (texte de Georg Scheurlin)
  • II. Sieben Komposizionen zu Goethes Faust
  1. Lied der Soldaten
  2. Gretchen am Spinnrade
  3. "Brandners Lied"
  4. Lied des Mephistopheles
  5. Zweites Lied des Mephistopheles
  6. Melodram
  7. Bauer unter der Linde
  • III. Acht französische Lieder
  1. Berceuse (anon.)
  2. Extase (Victor Hugo, Les Orientales)
  3. Attente (Victor Hugo)
  4. La tombe dit à la rose (Victor Hugo, Les voix intérieures)
  5. Mignonne (Pierre de Ronsard)
  6. Tout n'est qu'images fugitives [Soupir] (Jean Reboul)
  7. Les deux grenadiers (Heinrich Heine, trad. François-Adolphe Loeve-Veimar)
  8. Adieux de Marie Stuart (Pierre Jean de Béranger)

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