Hans Gál
05.08.1890—03.10.1987
 

Hans Gál
The Sacred Duck | op. 15 | version for chamber orchestra

Work Details
Opus: op. 15
Year of composition: 1922
Year of arrangement: 2003
Subtitle: Ein Spiel mit Göttern und Menschen. Oper in 1 Vorspiel und 3 Akten
Version: version for chamber orchestra
Composer: Hans Gál
Arranger: Rainer Schottstädt
Original Language: Deutsch
Instrumentation: perc, hp, pno(2), Str(6 6 4 4 2)
Instrumentation details: percussion; harp; 1st piano (+cel); 2nd piano (+harm); violin I(6); violin II(6); viola(4); violoncello(4); contrabass(2)
Duration (min): 75

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World Première
Location: Yakult-Halle Köln / Germany
Date: 03.05.2003
Orchestra: Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmonie
Conductor: Alvaro Palmen
Scenery: Christian Schuller
Main Soloists: Raphael Schwarzer - Mandarin; Sharon Kempton - Li, seine Gemahlin; Marian Olszewski - Kuli Yang; Susanna Thomas - Tänzerin; Christoph Hülsmann - Gaukler; Francisco Vergara - Bonze; Joslyn Rechter/Patrizia Herborn - Haushofmeister
Work Introduction

Yang, a simple duck-breeder, is on his way to the mandarin’s palace, where he is to deliver a duck for the evening’s festive banquet, when he succumbs to the enchantment of the mandarin’s beauteous consort and her song. Bewitched, he does not notice when someone steals the duck. The [...]


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