Music Text
H.C.Artmann (G) - translation by Malcolm Green (E)
Scoring
2(II=picc).2.2(II=bcl).2(II=dbn)-2.2.0.0-perc(2):I=timp/tam-t/
flexatone/whip/cyms; II=crot/xylorimba/marimba/vib-harp-strings
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World premiere complete
12/02/1997
Mozartsaal, Musikverein, Vienna
HK Gruber, chansonnier / Klangforum Wien / HK Gruber
World Premiere
19/05/1996
Bath
HK Gruber, chansonnier / Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Nicolae Moldoveanu
Press Quotes
"A setting of 14 poems by HC Artmann. These summon a strange and very Viennese world of humorous and sinister make-believe, where things seem 'desperate but not serious', to borrow a phrase from the Viennese writer Karl Kraus."
BBC Music Magazine
Recommended Recording
HK Gruber, chansonnier / Tonkünstler Orchester / Kristjan Järvi
BIS-SACD-1681
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