Toshio Hosokawa (1955)
Super Flumina Babylonis (1996)
for soprano, viola and chamber orchestra with string orchestra ad lib.
- General information
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Composition date :
1996
- Duration : 16 mn
- Publisher : Schott
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Composition date :
1996
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 or more solo voices and single wind chamber orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists : solo soprano, solo contralto
- flute (also piccolo, alto flute), oboe (also English horn), 2 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), bass clarinet, bassoon (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, 3 percussionists, harp, 1 violin [ou 4 ou 6] , 1 second violin [ou 4 ou 6] , 1 viola [ou 4 ou 6] , 1 cello [ou 4] , 1 double bass [ou 2 ou 4]
Premiere information
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Date :
24 June 1995
Location :Allemagne, Essen, ISCM World Music Days
Performers :Monika Meier-Schmid : soprano, Susanne Otto : contralto, l’Ensemble Modern et l’Orchestre national de la Radio Polonaise de Katowice, direction : Eberhard Kloke.