general information

composition date
1967-1978
duration
38 min
editor
Breitkopf & Härtel
Libretto (details, author)

Hans Christian Andersen,  La Petite Fille aux allumettes, Ernst Toller, Masse-Mensch et extrait du Wessobrunner Gebet (IXe siècle).

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Mixed choir and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
4 sopranos, 4 contraltos, 4 tenors, 4 bass voices

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

information about the creation

date
August 10, 1978

Allemagne, Darmstadt, académie d'été

interpreters

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.

Part titles

  • Praeludium
  • Consolation I
  • Interludium
  • Consolation II
  • Postludium

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