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Seven Boleros (Sieben Boleros)

From the opera “Venus and Adonis”

For big Orchestra

Year of composition 1998
Duration 22 Minutes

 

I „La irascible“ (The Irascible)
II „La alabanza“ (The Praise)
III „La expectación“(The Expectation)
IV „El pavo real“ (The Royal Peacock)
V „La soberbia“ (The Pride) VI „Dolor“ (Pain)
VII „El gran paso de la Reina Arábica“ (The Big Step of the Arabian Queen)

World premiere

World premiere 2. February 2000

Las Palmas · Festival de Música de Canarias

Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Gerd Albrecht

Instrumentation

3 Flauti2° anche Ottavino
3° anche Ottavino e Flauto contralto
3 Oboi3° anche Corno inglese
3 Clarinetti3° anche Clarinetto basso
1 Sassofono soprano
1 Sassofono contralto
1 Sassofono tenore
3 Fagotti3° anche Controfagotto
4 Corni
3 Trombe
1 Tromba bassa
3 Tromboni1° contralto
2° tenore
3° basso
1 Tuba
PercussioneTimpani
Block cinesi
Gong cinesi
Trinidad steel drum
4 Tomtom
3 Piatti sospesi
Castagnette
Tamburo piccolo
Woodblock
3 Tamtam
Frusta
Grancassa e piatto
Tamburo basco
Flessatoni
Vibrafono
Marimba
[per 6]
Arpa
Celesta
Pianoforte
Archi

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Symphonie Nr. 7 | Sieben Boleros | L'Heure bleue

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Symphonie Nr. 7 | Sieben Boleros | L'Heure bleue
With Gerd Albrecht on the occasion of the SFB television concert, Berlin 1987

Gerd Albrecht and Hans Werner Henze

We are deeply moved to hear the news of Gerd Albrecht's demise. The conductor, enjoying early fame (at 28 he became Germany's youngest GMD in Lübeck), had been a constant in Hans Werner Henze's musical life since the late 1960s.

Foundation's News Notizie della Fondazione
Gerd Albrecht and Hans Werner Henze

Venus and Adonis (Venus und Adonis)

Opera in one act for singers and dancers
Music theatre Opera
Venus and Adonis (Venus und Adonis)
Publisher: Schott Music, Study score (ED 9429)
Publisher: Schott Music, Download Study score (ED 9429 Q5770)
Publisher: Schott Music, Performance material (LS 2129-01)

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