Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Vier letzte Lieder (1948)
for soprano and orchestra
[Quatre derniers lieder]
- General information
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Composition date:
1948
- Duration: 22 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
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Libretto (details, author):
Texte de Eichendorff Hesse.
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Composition date:
1948
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [1 female voice and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- 3 flutes (also piccolo), piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, harp, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
22 May 1950
Location:Royaume-Uni, Londres
Performers:Kirsten Flagstad : soprano, l'Orchestre philharmonique, direction : Wihelm Furtwangler.
Observations
L'effectif varie selon les lieder.
Table of contents
I. Frühling ; II. September ; III. Beim Schlafengehn ; Im Abendrot.