Requiem (1998)

for three countertenors, twelve instruments and electronics

by Helmut Oehring (1961)Iris ter Schiphorst (1956)

general information

composition date
1998
duration
55min
publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Libretto (details, author)

d'après les neuf psaumes « O Ye Tongues form The Death Notebooks » de Anne Sexton.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (2 solo voices or more and ensemble of 10 to 25 instruments)

detailed formation

Soloist
3 countertenors

basset horn, contrabass clarinet, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 percussionists, piano (also electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer [keyboard sampler], pump organ), guitar (also electric guitar), electric bass guitar, violin, viola, cello

information about the creation

date
October 13, 1998
location

France, Paris, Opéra national

interpreters

Ictus Ensemble ; Georges-Elie Octors, direction

Information on the electronics

Electronic device
live electronics, sampler

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