- General information
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Composition date:
2009
Revision dates: 2011
- Duration: between 14 mn and 24 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
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Composition date:
2009
- Type
- Instrumental ensemble music [Mixed instrumental ensemble of 10 to 25 instruments]
Detailed formation
- flute (also piccolo, alto flute, bell), oboe (also English horn, tambourine), clarinet (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet, sistrum), trumpet [aussi en mi] (also guiro), trombone (also maracas), 2 percussionists, piano [préparé à 4 mains] , violin, second violin, viola, 2 cellos, double bass
Premiere information
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Date:
9 October 2009
Location:Allemagne, Berlin, Konzerthaus, Großer Saal
Performers:l'ensemble Modern, direction : Johannes Kalitzke.
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Date:
10 January 2012
Location:France, Paris, Cité de la musique
Performers:l'Ensemble intercontemporain, direction : Susanna Mälkki.
Observations
La première version dure 14 minutes, la deuxième 24.
Table of contents
- I. Prologue – Dramatic Opening of the Curtain ;
- II. Lament of the Bald Singer ;
- III. The Grinning Fortune Teller with the False Teeth ;
- IV. Dance around the Shacks.