general information

composition date
2005
revisition date
2007
duration
55 min
editor
Schott
Libretto (details, author)

d’après des poèmes de Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Achim von Arnim, Joseph von Eichendorff, Karl Kraus, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hans Bethge, Hermann Hesse et Bertolt Brecht.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano, solo mezzo-soprano, solo baritone

3 flutes (also piccolo, alto flute, other traditional flute [flûte en bambou]), 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets (also 2 A clarinets, Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, bass trumpet [dans la salle], 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists, harp, celesta

information about the creation

date
June 26, 2005

Luxembourg

interpreters

Olga Pasichnyk : soprano, Agnieszka Rehlis : mezzo-soprano, Wojciech Dabrowicz : baryton, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, direction : Bramwell Tovey.


date
October 24, 2007

Chine, Beijing, Beijing Music Festival

interpreters

Olga Pasichnyk : soprano, Agnieszka Rehlis : mezzo-soprano, Vytautas Juozapaitis : baryton, China Philharmonic Orchestra, EuropaChor Akademie, direction : Krzysztof Penderecki.

Part titles

  1. Nachts (Joseph von Eichendorff)
  2. Ende des Herbstes (Rainer Maria Rilke)
  3. Der brennende Baum (Bertolt Brecht)
  4. Bei einer Linde (Joseph von Eichendorff)
  5. Flieder (Karl Kraus)
  6. Frühlingsnacht (Hermann Hesse)
  7. Sag’ ich’s euch, geliebte Bäume?  (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
  8. Im Nebel (Hermann Hesse)
  9. Der Blütengarten (Hans Bethge)
  10. Abschied (Joseph von Eichendorff)
  11. Vergänglichkeit (Hermann Hesse)
  12. Herbsttag (Rainer Maria Rilke)
  13. O grüner Baum des Lebens (Achim von Arnim)

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