Anders Hillborg (1954)
lontana in sonno - high setting/full orchestra (2002)
for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
2002
- Duration: 16 mn
- Publisher: Faber Music
- Commission: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
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Libretto (details, author):
Pétrarque
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Composition date:
2002
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [1 female voice and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloist: mezzo-soprano
- 3 flutes (also 3 piccolos), 3 oboes (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also bass clarinet), contrabass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 4 percussionists, piano, harp, 12 violins [minimum] , 12 second violins [minimum] , 10 violas [minimum] , 9 cellos [minimum] , 6 double basses [minimum]
Premiere information
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Date:
18 December 2003
Performers: Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano ; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra ; Kent Nagano, direction