Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (1916-1983)
Cantata Bomarzo (1964)
for narrator, tenor or baritone, and chamber orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
1964
- Duration: 26 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Opus: 32
- Commission: Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation
- Dedication: à Rosemary et Harold Spivacke
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Libretto (details, author):
Manuel Mujica Lainez
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Composition date:
1964
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 or more solo voices and single wind chamber orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: narrator, solo tenor [ou baryton]
- flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussionists, harp, harpsichord, piano, viola d'amore, viola, 2 cellos, 2 double basses
Premiere information
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Date:
1 November 1964
Location:États-Unis, Washington DC, Library of Congress
Performers:Robert Stattel : récitant, Robert Murray : baryton et membres du National Symphony Orchestra, direction : Walter Hendl.
Table of contents
- Prose I: El horóscopo (L’horoscope)
- Canto I: La angustia metafísica (L’angoisse métaphysique)
- Prose II: EI retrato (Le portrait)
- Canto II: La búsqueda del amor (La recherche de l’amour)
- Prose III: Los monstruos del Sacro Bosque (Les monstres de la forêt sacrée)
- Canto III: Eternidad de Bomarzo (Eternité de Bomarzo)