José María Sánchez-Verdú (1968)
Libro del destierro (2001 -2002)
for solo voices, oud, choir and symphony orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
2001 - 2002
- Duration: 35 mn
- Publisher: Emec
- Commission: Orchestre Symphonique de Madrid en commémoration de son centenaire
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Libretto (details, author):
Textes bibliques et textes de Dante Alighieri, Paul Celan, Moseh ibn Ezra, Anna Ajmátova, Al Mutamid, Antonio Machado et Publio Ovidio Nasón.
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Composition date:
2001 - 2002
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [Solo voice(s), solo instrument(s), choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: soprano, baritone, oud
- mixed choir, 3 flutes (also piccolo), 3 oboes (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists, piano, harp, 16 violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses (also 2 five-strings double basses)
Premiere information
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Date:
14 June 2002
Location:Espagne, Madrid, Auditorium National de Musique
Performers:Ksenija Lukić : soprano, Marcel Pérès : baryton, Miguel Sánchez : oud, l'Orchestre Symphonique de Madrid, le Chœur de Radiotélévision espagnole, direction : Ernest Martínez Izquierdo, Mariano Alfonso.
Table of contents
I. Lasciate ogne speranza ; II. Todesfuge ; III. Gore ; IV. Agmāt ; V. Estos días azules… ; VI. Vivam.