general information

composition date
1991
duration
53 min
editor
Fazer Music
Dedicatee
à Vladimir Tonkha
Commission
Festival d'Helsinki
Libretto (details, author)

Textes de Rainer Maria Rilke (en allemand).

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice(s), solo instrument(s), choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
cello, female narrator

4 flutes (also piccolo, alto flute), 2 oboes, 4 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 4 trombones, 2 tubas, 5 percussionists, zither [amplifiée ad lib.], electric guitar, electric bass guitar, 2 harp, celesta, piano, harpsichord [amplifié], 18 violins, 12 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses

information about the creation

date
August 27, 1991

Finlande, Helsinki

interpreters

Vladimir Tonkha : violoncelle, Chœur d'hommes d'Estonie, l'Orchestre philharmonique d'Helsinki, direction : Eri Klas.


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