general information

composition date
1997
duration
23 min
editor
Ricordi
Commission
Musique Nouvelle en Liberté
Libretto (details, author)

Textes des indigènes nahuatls du 16e siècle ; extraits des Colloquios y doctrina cristiana, transcrits par Fray Bernardino de Sahagùn.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (1 female voice and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
mezzo-soprano

3 flutes (also piccolo), 3 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets [dont une petite trompette en ré], 3 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, timpani, harp, strings, contrabassoon

information about the creation

date
November 15, 1997

France, Paris, salle Pleyel, festival Paris de la Musique

interpreters

Hanna Schaer : mezzo-soprano, l'Orchestre National d’île de France, direction : Jacques Mercier.


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