Luciano Berio
24.10.1925—27.05.2003

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Luciano Berio
Requies | for chamber orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 1983-1984
Scored for: for chamber orchestra
Composer: Luciano Berio
Instrumentation: 2 2 3 2 - 2 2 1 0 - mar, hp, cel, str(8 8 4(6) 4(5) 3)
Instrumentation details: flute; piccolo; flute; oboe; cor anglais; clarinet in Eb; clarinet in Bb; bass clarinet in Bb; 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; trombone; marimba; celesta; harp; violin I (8); violin II (8); viola (4(6)); violoncello (4(5)); contrabass (3)
Remarks: in memoriam Cathy Berberian
Duration (min): 17
Dedication: in memoriam Cathy Berberian
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World Première
Location: Lausanne / Switzerland
Date: 26.03.1984
Orchestra: Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Conductor: Armin Jordan
Work Introduction

A chamber orchestra is playing a melody: or rather, describes a melody, though only as a shadow might describe an object, or an echo a sound. The melody constantly but brokenly develops throughout repeats and digressions and around a central point, at once mobile and distant, possibly [...]

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