Russian Requiem
(2007)for boy soprano, mezzo-soprano, bass, boys' choir, mixed choir and large orchestra
Duration: 85'
Music Text
Holy Anthems combined with poetry by Russian authors: Anna Akhmatova, Alexander Blok, Joseph Brodsky, Gavriil Derzhavin, Zinaida Hippius, Georgi Ivanov, Mikhail Lermontov, Ossip Mandelstam, Boris Pasternak, Alexander Pushkin, Irina Ratushinskaya, Viktor Sosnora (R)
Scoring
3(=picc,afl).3(=corA).3(=bcl).3(=dbn)-4.3.3(btrbn).1-timp-perc:tgl/flex/crystal glasses/crot/BD/cyms/tam-t/gong/t.bells/glsp/2vib/b.marimba)-hp-pft-cel-org(ad lib.)-str CD (ringing of bells)
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Publisher
Sikorski
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
/ Sikorski for the world.
Availability
World Premiere
14/09/2007
Glocke, Bremen
Bremer Philharmoniker / Tonu Kaljuste
Programme Note
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