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composition date

2004

duration

2h

editor

Peters, San Antonio, Texas

Commission

Biennale de Munich, Carnegie Hall Corporation, Festival de Flandres et Ian Pace, Musée d'Orsay et Ensemble intercontemporain, Françoise et Jean-Philippe Billarant pour l'Ircam

Libretto (details, author)

Charles Bernstein, sur la vie de Walter Benjamin

type

detailed formation

Soloist

piano, male narrator [Walter Benjamin], guitar, 3 sopranos, 3 contraltos, 3 tenors, 3 bass voices

flute (also piccolo, alto flute), oboe (also oboe da caccia, piccolo oboe), 3 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, 3 bass clarinets, contrabass clarinet), soprano saxophone, horn [aussi double cor en si et fa], trumpet (also trumpet [en ut], piccolo trumpet, soprano trombone), trombone (also bass trombone, bass trumpet), percussionist, harp, guitar, piano, violin, second violin, viola, cello, double bass

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