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Recital I (for Cathy)

Recital I (for Cathy)
Year of composition: 
1972
Year composition ended: 
1972
Language: 
Italian or English
Text sources: 
Spoken text: Luciano Berio (with references to Andrea Mosetti, Edoardo Sanguineti)
Scored for: 
mezzo-soprano and 17 instruments
Dedication: 

Cathy Berberian

Commissioned by: 
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Duration: 
35'
Annotations: 

Instrumentation: 1 1 2 0 - 0 1 1 0 - perc, 3 pno, e.org, alto sax, bass tpt, str

(English text translated by Cathy Berberian)

First performance: 
27/05/1972, Lisbon, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Grande Auditório. Cathy Berberian, Orquesta Gulbenkian, dir. Luciano Berio (world prèmiere). 13/09/1972, Venice, 35. Festival Internazionale di Musica Contemporanea, Teatro di Palazzo Grassi. Cathy Berberian, London Sinfonietta, dir. Luciano Berio (Italian prèmiere).
Publisher: 
Universal Edition
Edition number: 
34399
Program notes: 

Author's note: Italian

Author's note: English