Gloria Coates (1934-2023)

Cette Blanche Agonie (1991)

for soprano and chamber orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1991
    • Duration: 10 mn 50 s
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Stéphane Mallarmé, Le vierge, le vivace et le bel aujourd’hui (tiré de Plusieurs Sonnets)

Detailed formation
  • soloist: soprano
  • English horn (also oboe), timpani, percussionist, violin, second violin, viola, cello, double bass

Premiere information

  • Date: 27 February 1992
    Location:

    Allemagne, Munich, Munich Philharmonic, Chamber Hall


    Performers:

    Sigune von Osten, soprano ; Musica Viva Ensemble Dresden ; Jürgen Wirrmann, direction