Helmut Lachenmann (1935)
Les Consolations (1967 -1978)
for sixteen mixed voices, orchestra and tape
electronic work
- General information
-
Composition date:
1967 - 1978
- Duration: 38 mn
- Publisher: Breitkopf & Härtel
-
Libretto (details, author):
Hans Christian Andersen, La Petite Fille aux allumettes, Ernst Toller, Masse-Mensch et extrait du Wessobrunner Gebet (IXe siècle).
-
Composition date:
1967 - 1978
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [Mixed choir and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- mixed choir(4 soprano, 4 contralto, 4 tenor, 4 bass voice)
- 4 flutes (also piccolo), 3 oboes, 3 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 6 percussionists, 2 harp, 2 pianos, 10 violins, 10 second violins, 10 violas, 6 cellos, 4 double basses
Premiere information
-
Date:
10 August 1978
Location:Allemagne, Darmstadt, académie d'été
Performers:le Südfunk-Chor, chef de chœur : Clytus Gottwald et l'Orchestre symphonique de la radio de Stuttgart, direction : Peter Eötvös.
Information on the electronics
Electronic device: sons fixés sur support
Observations
voir aussi les pièces indépendamment : Consolation I et Consolation II.
Table of contents
- Praeludium
- Consolation I
- Interludium
- Consolation II
- Postludium