- General information
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Composition date:
1991
- Duration: 53 mn
- Publisher: Fazer Music, Espoo
- Commission: Festival d'Helsinki
- Dedication: à Vladimir Tonkha
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Libretto (details, author):
Textes de Rainer Maria Rilke (en allemand).
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Composition date:
1991
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [Solo voice(s), solo instrument(s), choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: cello, female narrator
- men's choir, 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
Premiere information
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Date:
27 August 1991
Location:Finlande, Helsinki
Performers:Vladimir Tonkha : violoncelle, Chœur d'hommes d'Estonie, l'Orchestre philharmonique d'Helsinki, direction : Eri Klas.