Beat Furrer
*06.12.1954

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Beat Furrer
Dort ist das Meer – nachts steig' ich hinab | for mixed choir and orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 1985/1986
Scored for: for mixed choir and orchestra
Composer: Beat Furrer
Text Author: Pablo Neruda
Choir: 4S, 4A, 4T, 4B
Instrumentation: 3 2 4 3 - 4 3 3 1 - perc(2), pno(2), e.org, str (4 4 6 6 4)
Instrumentation details: 1st flute (+alto fl); 2nd flute; 3rd flute; 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; 3rd clarinet in Bb (+bass cl(Bb)); bass clarinet in Bb; 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; contrabassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; 3rd trumpet in C; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; bass tuba; 1st percussion; 2nd percussion; 1st piano; 2nd piano; electric organ; 1st violin I; 2nd violin I; 3rd violin I; 4th violin I; 1st violin II; 2nd violin II; 3rd violin II; 4th violin II; 1st viola; 2nd viola; 3rd viola; 4th viola; 5th viola; 6th viola; 1st violoncello; 2nd violoncello; 3rd violoncello; 4th violoncello; 5th violoncello; 6th violoncello; 1st contrabass; 2nd contrabass; 3rd contrabass; 4th contrabass
Duration (min): 16
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World Première
Location: Genf / Switzerland
Date: 19.08.1986
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Conductor: Michel Tabachnik
Work Introduction

With reference to the poem by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, Furrer remarks that it is an expression of despair over past tragedy, misery, and the Mapocho River as its witness, born of snow, sprung from the beak of an eagle, winding through the "valley of ashes". … The increasingly [...]

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