Louis Andriessen (1939-2021)

May (2019)

for choir and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2019
    • Duration: 22 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Herman Gorter, traduit par Paul Vincent

Detailed formation
  • unspecified choir
  • 2 flutes (also recorder [alto] ), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, percussionist, fortepiano (also glockenspiel), strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 5 December 2020
    Location:

    Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, Concertgebouw


    Performers:

    Cappella Amsterdam ; Orchestra of the 18th Century ; Daniel Reuss, direction