Friedrich Cerha (1926-2023)
Requiem für Hollensteiner (1983)
for baritone, narrator, four-part choir and orchestra
- General information
-
Composition date:
1983
- Duration: 30 mn
- Publisher: Universal Edition
- Commission: Jeunesse Musicale d'Autriche pour les vingt-cinq ans de leur chœur
-
Libretto (details, author):
textes liturgiques et poèmes de Friedrich Cerha
-
Composition date:
1983
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 solo voices, choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: narrator, solo baritone
- mixed choir à 4 voix
- 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone (also alto saxophone), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 4 trombones, 2 tubas [dont un baryton] , timpani, 5 percussionists, 16 violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses
Premiere information
-
Date:
16 November 1984
Location:Allemagne, Hamburg, NDR
Performers:Dale Düsing : baryton, Denes Törzs : récitant, chœur et orchestre symphonique de la NDR, direction : Friedrich Cerha.