general information

composition date
1994
duration
1h 6 min
editor
Peters, San Antonio, Texas
Artistic collaboration(s)
Projection optionnelle de texte sur diapositives 35mm.
Commission
the Meet the Composer / Reader's Digest Commission Program
Libretto (details, author)

John Ashbery, poèmes, I. I had Thought, II. The Painter, III. Sonnet, IV. At North Farm, V. Landscape, VI. Faust, VII. Hotel Lautréamont, VIII. Myrtle, IX. Illustration (I et II), Debit Night (poème commandé pour cette œuvre et enregistré par M. Ashbery).
Poèmes pouvant être exécutés hors contexte : Sonnet, At North Farm, Faust, Myrtle, Illustration (I et II).

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Baritone and piano)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo bass-baritone

piano

information about the creation

date
November 17, 1994

États-Unis, New York, Kathryn Bache Miller Theatre

interpreters

Philip Larson : baryton-basse, Aleck Karis : piano.

Information on the electronics

Electronic device
sons fixés sur support

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