John Zorn (1953)

Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra (1994)

for solo piano, six boy sopranos and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1994
    • Duration: 40 mn
    • Publisher: Hips Road Edition
Detailed formation
  • soloist: piano
  • ensemble of vocal soloists(5 sopranochild voice)
  • 4 flutes (also piccolo, alto flute), 4 oboes (also English horn), 4 clarinets (also bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet), 4 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, 4 percussionists, celesta, harp, 10 violins, 10 second violins, 10 violas, 10 cellos, 5 double basses

Premiere information

Observations

Présentation de l’éditeur : A sprawling ten movement work, part piano concerto/ part requiem exploring the mysterious passages from life to death and back again.