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Das Glasklängespiel

Composer
Veress Sándor
Original / Hungarian title
Das Glasklängespiel / Az üveghangjáték
Foreign language / English title
Das Glasklängespiel
Subtitle
For mixed choir and orchestra after Hermann Hesse´s texts
Year of composition
1978
Type
Choir and chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - ob., cor., arpa, cel. - timp., perc. (vibr., tamb., ptto.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
32 min
Movements, parts
1. Madrigale I. ("Das Glasperlenspiel")
2. Antifona ("Tempel" und "Die Zypressen von San Clemente")
3. Canzonetta ("Kleiner Gesang")
4. Madrigale II. ("Im Nebel")
5. Corale ("Einsame Nacht")
Text
HESSE, Hermann
Language
German
Premiere information
14 March 1987, Conservatory, Bern, Switzerland; Ensemble Ad Hoc, D. Glaus (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano, 10443; 10444 (on hire)
Available here!
Recordings
MGB-6131 CD, 1997 - Hungarian State Choir, Miskolc North Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, János Mészáros (cond.)