general information

composition date
2002-2003
duration
35 min
editor
Ricordi
Libretto (details, author)

d’après textes et motifs de Giordano Bruno, Arthur Chapman/Estelle Philleo, T.S. Eliot, Francois Fénelon, Michel Foucault, Katharina Fritsch, Claude Lorrain, Henri Michaux, Nicolas Poussin, Max Reger, Gertrude Stein, Diego Velázquez, Leonardo da Vinci.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice(s), choir(s) and ensemble of 10 to 25 instruments)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo baritone, narrator, female narrator

flute (also piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), bassoon, 2 trumpets (also cornet, flugerlhorn, trombone), trombone, percussionist, harp, accordion, harpsichord (also electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer [sampler], piano), violin, second violin, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass (also electric bass guitar)

information about the creation

date
August 22, 2003

Suisse, Lucerne.

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