Bruno Maderna (1920-1973)

Suite aus der Oper « Hyperion » (1960 -1969)

for narrator, choir, flute and oboe soloists and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1960 - 1969
    • Duration: 38 mn
    • Publisher: Suvini Zerboni
    • Libretto (details, author):

      d'après Friedrich Hölderlin

Detailed formation
  • soloists: narrator, 2 flutes, oboe (also oboe d'amore [et musette] )
  • mixed choir
  • 3 flutes (also 3 piccolos), 3 oboes (also 1 English horn), Eb clarinet (also 3 clarinets), bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 3 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 tubas (also 1 bass tuba), 2 vibraphones, 2 xylophones, 2 marimbas, timpani, percussionist, 3 harp, guitar, mandolin, glockenspiel, celesta, piano, 6 violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos, double bass

Premiere information

  • Date: 13 May 1969
    Location:

    Allemagne, Berlin, Sender Freies Berlin et Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Musik der Gegewart


    Performers:

    Lothar Faber, Peter Mosbacher, le Chœur de chambre Ernst Senff et l'Orchestre symphonique de la Radio de Berlin, direction : Bruno Maderna.

Observations

version concert d'extraits d'Hyperion