Universal Edition - Karol Szymanowski – 3. Symphonie | Bb major | op. 27 | for tenor, mixed choir ad lib and orchestra

Karol Szymanowski
06.10.1882—29.03.1937

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3. Symphonie
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Karol Szymanowski
3. Symphonie | Bb major | op. 27 | for tenor, mixed choir ad lib and orchestra

Work Details
Key: Bb major
Opus: op. 27
Year of composition: 1914-1916
Subtitle: Das Lied von der Nacht
Scored for: for tenor, mixed choir ad lib and orchestra
Composer: Karol Szymanowski
Text Author: Mawlana Dschalal-ad-din Rumi
Translator: Hans Bethge; Ann Czerniawska; Adam Czerniawski
Choir: SATB
Soloinstruments/Soloists: Tenor
Instrumentation: 4 4 5 4 - 6 4 4 1 - perc, pno, hp(2), cel, org, str
Instrumentation details: piccolo;1. flute;2. flute;3. flute;1. oboe;2. oboe;3. oboe;cor anglais;clarinet in Eb;1. clarinet in B;2. clarinet in B;3. clarinet in B;bass clarinet in B;1. bassoon;2. bassoon;3. bassoon;contrabassoon;1. horn in F;2. horn in F;3. horn in F;4. horn in F;5. horn in F;6. horn in F;1. trumpet in B;2. trumpet in B;3. trumpet in B;4. trumpet in B;1. trombone;2. trombone;3. trombone;4. trombone;tuba;perc;pno;1. harp;2. harp;celesta;organ;violin I;violin II;viola;violoncello;contrabass
Duration (min): 24
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World Première
Location: London / Great Britain
Date: 26.11.1921
Orchestra: London SO
Conductor: Albert Coates
Work Introduction

Szymanowski based his 3rd Symphony on the eponymous poem by the Persian author and mystic Jalal ad-Din ar-Rumi; perhaps one should read it before listening to the music. Even if not, it is clear that Szymanowski wondrously succeeded in setting the poem’s mysterious, sensuous, exotic [...]

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