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).

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