Heinz Holliger (1939)

Fünf Lieder (1992)

for contralto and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1992
      Revision dates: 2006
    • Duration: 37 mn
    • Publisher: Schott
    • Dedication: à Mama Alice
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Georg Trakl

Detailed formation
  • soloist: solo contralto
  • 3 flutes (also 2 alto flutes), 2 oboes (also 2 English horns), 3 clarinets (also 2 bass clarinets), bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists, guitar, harp, celesta, piano, 14 violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, 3 double basses, 3 five-strings double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 29 November 1993
    Location:

    Suisse, Lausanne, Théâtre de Beaulieu (sans le n° IV)


    Performers:

    Cornelia Kallisch : contralto, orchestre de la Suisse Romande, direction : Armin Jordan.

  • Date: 25 April 2006
    Location:

    [IV], Suisse, Bâle, Paul Sacher 100


    Performers:

    Christiane Iven : contralto, Sinfonieorchester Basel, direction : Heinz Holliger ;  22 avril 2007, Monte Carlo, Auditorium Rainier III, par Cornelia Kallisch : contralto, Orchestre philharmonique de Monte Carlo, direction : Heinz Holliger.

Table of contents

  • I. Ein Winterabend "Wenn der Schnee ans Fenster fällt"
  • II. Nachtlied "Des Unbewegten Odem"
  • III. Rondel "Verflossen ist das Gold der Tage"
  • IV. Untergang "Aber den weißen Weiber sind die wilden"
  • V. Trompeten "Unter verschnittenen Weiden.."