Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)

Instant remembered (1967 -1968)

for soprano, narrator, ensemble and tape

electronic work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1967 - 1968
    • Duration: 15 mn
    • Publisher: Bärenreiter
    • Opus: 201
    • Commission: Dartmouth College, pour le Fourth International Webern Festival, 1968
    • Dedication: à la mémoire d'Anton Webern
    • Libretto (details, author):

      textes parlés de Platon, Soren Kierkegaard, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe et Rainer Maria Rilke ; textes chantés de  Ernst Krenek, Sénèque, Gerard Manley Hopkins et Karl Kraus.

Detailed formation
  • soloist: solo soprano
  • 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, vibraphone, xylophone, percussionist, guitar, harp, celesta, piano, violin, viola, cello

Premiere information

  • Date: 1 August 1968
    Location:

    Royaume-Uni, Dartmouth College, Fourth International Webern Festival


    Performers:

    Christina Ascher : soprano, Ernst Krenek : direction.

Information on the electronics
Electronic device: sons fixés sur support