Toshio Hosokawa (1955)
Voiceless Voice in Hiroshima (1989 -2001)
requiem for choir, orchestra, soloists, reciters and tape ad lib.
- General information
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Composition date:
1989 - 2001
- Duration: 1 h 10 mn
- Publisher: Schott
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Libretto (details, author):
d’après des textes de Bashô, Paul Celan et Genbaku no Ko édité par Dr. Arata Osada (en japonais, allemand et anglais)
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Composition date:
1989 - 2001
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: unspecified soloist voice [nombre non spécifié] , narrator [nombre non spécifié]
- unspecified choir
- 3 flutes (also 2 piccolos, 1 alto flute), 3 oboes (also 1 English horn), 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 6 horns [dont 2 d'écho] , 5 trumpets [dont 2 d'écho] , 5 trombones [dont 2 d'écho] , tuba, 5 percussionists [dont 1 d'écho] , harp, piano (also celesta), 16 violins [ou 14] , 14 second violins [ou 12] , 12 violas [ou 10] , 10 cellos [ou 8] , 8 double basses [ou 6]
Premiere information
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Date:
4 May 2001
Location:Allemagne, Munich, festival Musica Viva
Performers:l'Orchestre symphonique et le chœur de la Radio de Munich, direction : Sylvain Cambreling.
Information on the electronics
Electronic device: sons fixés sur support
Table of contents
- I. Preludio "Night", 1989 ;
- II. Death and Resurrection, 1989-2001 ;
- III. Winter Voice, 2001 ;
- IV. Signs of Spring, 2001 ;
- V. Temple Bells Voice, 2001.