Sir Harrison Birtwistle (1934-2022)

… when falling asleep (2019)

for voice, narrator and ensemble

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2019
    • Duration: 7 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Rainer Maria Rilke.

Detailed formation
  • soloists: narrator, singing voice
  • piccolo, oboe d'amore, bass clarinet, percussionist, violin, viola, cello, double bass

Premiere information

  • Date: 22 September 2019
    Location:

    Royaume-Uni, Birmingham, CBSO Centre


    Performers:

    Alice Rossi, soprano ; Simone Leona Hueber, voix ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group ; Geoffrey Paterson, direction.