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Chamber Music

Composer
Doráti Antal
Original / Hungarian title
Chamber Music
Foreign language / English title
Chamber Music
Subtitle
Song-cycle for soprano and 25 instruments
Year of composition
1967
Type
Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra
Number of players
26
Instrumentation
S. - fl., 2 ob., cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor. - pf. - strings: 9 vl., 3 vla., 3 vlc., cb.
Duration
25 min
Movements, parts
1. Lento, misterioso ("Strings in the Earth and Air")
2. Tranquillo ("At that Hour when all things have repose")
3. Allegretto ("O cool is the valley now")
4. Allegro ("Winds of May that dance on the sea")
5. Mesto ("Because your voice was at my side")
6. Allegro agitato ("I hear an army")
7. Lento, misterioso ("Strings in the Earth and Air")
Text
JOYCE, James
Language
English
Premiere information
1968, Rosehill Concerts, Cumberland, England; Heather Harper (S.), Northern Sinfonia, Antal Doráti (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Schirmer © 1998

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Remarks, other info
Based on texts by James Joyce