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Stanze

Stanze
Year of composition: 
2003
Year composition ended: 
2003
Text: 

Text sources:
Paul Celan, Tenebrae
Giorgio Caproni, Congedo del viaggiatore cerimonioso
Edoardo Sanguineti, e rispondendo ho parlato da un turbine...
Alfred Brendel, The News That...
Dan Pagis, Die Schacht (The Battle, German translation from the original Hebrew by Anne Birkenhauer)

Translations by David Osmond-Smith (english), Talia Pecker Berio (english)

Language: 
German, Italian, English
Text sources: 
Paul Celan, Giorgio Caproni, Edoardo Sanguineti, Alfred Brendel, Dan Pagis,
Scored for: 
baritone, 3 male-voices choirs and orchestra
Dedication: 

Renzo Piano

Commissioned by: 
Orchestre de Paris
Duration: 
25'
Annotations: 

Choir: TTTBBB (minimum 12 + 12 + 12)
Instrumentation: 4 3 5 3 - 4 4 3 1 - 3 perc, glock, pno, 2 alto sax, t.sax, str (12 12 12 8 8)

First performance: 
22/01/2004, Paris. Dietrich Henschel, Choeur de l'Armée Française, Orchestre de Paris, Christoph Eschenbach
Publisher: 
Universal Edition
Edition number: 
32653
Program notes: 

Author's note: Italian

Author's note: English