Louis Andriessen (1939-2021)

De Materie (Part I) (1987)

for tenor, eight voices and large ensemble

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1987
    • Duration: 25 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Libretto (details, author):

      tiré du décret de l'indépendance des Pays-Bas espagnols, Plakkat van Verlatingen, 1581, description de construction navale par Nicolaes Witsen (1690)

Detailed formation
  • soloist: solo tenor
  • mixed choir [2S.2A.2T.2B]
  • 3 flutes, 2 English horns, 5 clarinets, 3 bass clarinets, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, 5 percussionists, 2 guitars, electric bass guitar, 2 pianos, 2 electronic/MIDI keyboards/synthesizers [synthétiseurs] , 2 violins, 2 second violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass

Premiere information

Observations

  • Enregistrement : Netherlands Chamber Choir, Schoenberg Ensemble, Asko Ensemble, cd Nonesuch 7559 79367 2.
  • Voir ausi De Materie