Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
Seid Nüchtern und Wachet ... (1983)
cantata for contralto, countertenor, bass, mixed choir and orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
1983
- Duration: 35 mn
- Publisher: Hans Sikorski
- Commission: Wiener Festwochen
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Composition date:
1983
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: contralto, countertenor, tenor, solo bass voice
- mixed choir, 3 flutes (also piccolo), 3 oboes (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, percussion, celesta, harpsichord, piano, organ, electric guitar, electric bass guitar, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
19 June 1983
Location:Autriche, Vienne
Performers:Carol Wyatt (Mephistophila) ; Paul Esswood (Mephistophiles) ; Helmut Wildhaber (Narrator) ; Günter Reich (Faustus) ; Martin Haselböck, orgue ; Wiener Singakademie ; Wiener Symphoniker ; Guennadi Rojdestvenski, direction.
Observations
Il s'agit du troisième acte de Historia von D. Johann Fausten.