general information

composition date
2002
duration
23 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Commission
l'Orchestre du Minnesota pour son 100e anniversaire
Libretto (details, author)

Textes de Sally Potter, Rosalía de Castro, Emily Dickinson.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (1 female voice and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
soprano

flute, alto flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet (also bass clarinet), basset horn, 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 percussionists, celesta, harp, strings

information about the creation

date
March 2002

États-Unis, Minneapolis

interpreters

Dawn Upshaw : soprano, le Minnesota Orchestra, direction : Alan Gilbert.

observations

Œuvre enregistrée par Dawn Upshaw avec l'Atlanta Symphony, direction : Spano (Deutsche Grammophon, 2007).


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