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