Oliver Knussen (1952-2018)

Whitman Settings (1991)

for soprano and piano

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1991
    • Duration: 10 mn
    • Publisher: Faber Music, Londres
    • Opus: 25
    • Commission: Fondation Amphion
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Walt Whitman

Detailed formation
  • 1 solo soprano, 1 piano

Premiere information

  • Date: 15 October 1991
    Location:

    (les quatre Songs), Grande-Bretagne, Birmingham, BBC, Pebble Mill


    Performers:

    Lucy Shelton : soprano et John Constable : piano.

    • Création partielle (trois Songs), 17 juin 1991, Grande-Bretagne, festival d'Aldeburgh, Snape Maltings, par Lucy Shelton : soprano et Ian Brown : piano.