Joji Yuasa (1929-2024)

Cosmic Solitude (1997)

for baritone, mixed choir and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1997
    • Duration: 10 mn
    • Publisher: Schott, nº LSJ 4315-01
    • Commission: Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Hälfte des Lebens de Friedrich Hölderlin

Detailed formation
  • soloist: baritone
  • mixed choir
  • 2 flutes (also piccolo, alto flute), 2 oboes (also English horn), 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, vibraphone, piano, celesta, harp, 8 violins, 6 second violins, 4 violas, 3 cellos, 2 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 11 September 1997
    Location:

    Allemagne, Stuttgart, Liederhalle, Hegel-Saal, Europäisches Musikfest


    Performers:

    Bach-Collegium Stuttgart ; Gächinger Kantorei ; Helmuth Rilling, direction