Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)

Songs of War and Peace (1959)

cantata for soprano, choir and orchestra
[Chants de guerre et de paix]

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1959
    • Duration: 25 mn
    • Publisher: Hans Sikorski
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Texte en russe d'Anatoli Leontev et Andrei Pokrovski, basé sur une chanson populaire russe.

Detailed formation
  • soloist: soprano
  • mixed choir, 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, harp, celesta, piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 20 December 1930
    Location:

    URSS, Moscou, Grande Salle du Conservatoire de Moscou


    Performers:

    l'Orchestre Symphonique de l'URSS, Dzhemal Dalgat, direction.

Table of contents

1. Golden Grass on Ancient Burial Mounds
2. War Is Rumbling in the Fields
3. My Heart Moans
4. The Storm Has Passed. The Sky Is Clear