- General information
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Composition date:
1974
- Duration: 31 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
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Libretto (details, author):
textes issus de la Bible et des liturgies Havdalah et Kaddish.
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Composition date:
1974
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 solo voices or more and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: solo bass voice, baritone
- 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 4 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, harp, piano, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
3 April 1975
Location:États-Unis, New York, Avery Fisher Hall
Performers:Paul Sperry : ténor, Bruce Fifer : baryton-basse, le New York Philharmonic Orchestra, direction : Leonard Bernstein.
Table of contents
I. Invocation and Trance ; II. The Pledge ; III. Kabbalah ; IV. Possession ; V. Pas de Deux ; VI. Exorcism.