Helmut Oehring (1961) Iris ter Schiphorst (1956)
Requiem (1998)
for three countertenors, twelve instruments and electronics
electronic work
- General information
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Composition date:
1998
- Duration: 55 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
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Libretto (details, author):
d'après les neuf psaumes « O Ye Tongues form The Death Notebooks » de Anne Sexton.
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Composition date:
1998
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 solo voices or more and ensemble of 10 to 25 instruments]
Detailed formation
- soloist: 3 countertenors
- basset horn, contrabass clarinet, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 percussionists, piano (also electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer [keyboard sampler] , pump organ), guitar (also electric guitar), electric bass guitar, violin, viola, cello
Premiere information
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Date:
13 October 1998
Location:France, Paris, Opéra national
Performers:Ictus Ensemble ; Georges-Elie Octors, direction
Information on the electronics
Electronic device: temps réel, échantillonneur - sampler