- General information
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Composition date:
1980
- Duration: 32 mn
- Publisher: Chester Music
- Commission: San Francisco Symphony
- Dedication: Edo de Waart
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Libretto (details, author):
John Donne, Negative Love, Emily Dickinson, Because I could not stop for death et Wild Nights
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Composition date:
1980
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [Mixed choir and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- mixed choir(25 soprano, 25 contralto, 25 tenor, 25 bass voice)
- 4 flutes (also 3 piccolos), 3 oboes, 3 clarinets (also 3 bass clarinets), 3 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 4 percussionists, 1 harp, 1 celesta, 1 piano (also 1 electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer), strings
Premiere information
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Date:
15 April 1981
Location:États-Unis, San Francisco, Louise M. Davies Hall
Performers:l'orchestre symphonique et le chœur de San Francisco, direction : Edo de Waart.