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Scenes and Interludes from the Opera "Le Grand Macabre"

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Szenen und Zwischenspiele Aus Der Oper "Le Grand Macabre"
Foreign language / English title
Scenes and Interludes from the Opera "Le Grand Macabre"
Year of composition
1978
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S., Ms., buffo T., character Bar. - mixed choir ad lib. - 3 fl. (II, III anche picc.), 3 ob. (II anche ob. d´amore, III anche c.ing.), 3 cl. (II anche cl. in Es / sax.a., III. anche cl.b.), 3 fg. (III anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 4 tr., tr.b. in do, 3 trb., tuba (anche tuba cb.) - perc. (3 esec.) - cel. (anche cemb.), pf. (anche el. pf.), el. org. (anche reg.), arpa - 3 vl., 2 vla., 6 vlc., 4 cb.
Duration
47 min
Movements, parts
Text
MESCHKE, Michael; LIGETI, György
Language
German / English
Premiere information
21 December 1978, Berlin, SFB; Inga Nielsen (S.), Olive Fredericks (Ms.), Peter Haage (T.), Dieter Weller (Bar.), Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Elgar Howarth (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music
Recordings
LP Wergo ‎– WER 60085, 1980 (Recorded 1979) - Olive Fredricks (Ms.), Dieter Weller (Bar.), Danish National Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra, Elgar Howarth (cond.)