general information

composition date

1983

duration

30 min

editor

Universal Edition, Tesin

Commission

Jeunesse Musicale d'Autriche pour les vingt-cinq ans de leur chœur

Libretto (details, author)

textes liturgiques et poèmes de Friedrich Cerha

type

detailed formation

Soloist

narrator, solo baritone

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 4 trombones, 2 tubas [dont un baryton], timpani, 5 percussionists, English horn, soprano saxophone (also alto saxophone), 16 violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses, bass clarinet, contrabassoon

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