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Toshio Hosokawa (Composer) | Angela Gill (Author of original text) | Masao Masunishi (Author of original text)
Sternlose Nacht
Requiem für Jahreszeiten
for soprano, mezzo-soprano, 2 narrators, mixed chorus and orchestra
soprano, Mezzosoprano, 2 speakers, mixed choir and orchestra
Two contrasting elements are combined: a cycle of the seasons with poetry by Georg Trakl (in the movements I, IV, V and IX) and a reflection on two major tragedies of the Second World War: the bombing of Dresden and Hiroshima in the winter and summer of 1945. In the third movement ’Grabstein in Dresden’, two narrators provide an account of the events of February 1945 accompanied by choir and orchestra. In the seventh movement ’Grabstein in Hiroshima’, a mezzo soprano sings the report of a young boy who survived the atomic bomb attack in the summer of 1945. The text of the eighth movement, the emotional poem ’Gruß vom Angelus’ by Gershom Scholem, is a pessimistic summary of these reports of man’s inhumanity to man.
Edition: Performance material
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Sternlose Nacht consists of nine movements combining two contrasting elements: a cycle of the seasons with poetry by Georg Trakl (in the movements I, IV, V and IX) and a reflection on the two major tragedies of the Second World War: the bombing of Dresden and Hiroshima in the winter and summer of 1945. In the third movement ’Grabstein in Dresden’, two narrators provide an account of the events of February 1945 accompanied by choir and orchestra. In the seventh movement ’Grabstein in Hiroshima’, a mezzo soprano sings the report of a young boy who survived the atomic bomb attack in the summer of 1945. The text of the eighth movement, the emotional poem ’Gruß vom Angelus’ by Gershom Scholem, is a pessimistic summary of these reports of man’s inhumanity to man and is sung by a soprano accompanied by two trumpets and percussion.
Orchestral Cast
2(1.pic, 2.afl).2(2.ca).2(2.bcl).2(2.cbsn)-4.2.2.1-3perc(2b.d, 8Jap.wind bells[Furin], 6trgl, 12rins on timp, bell tree, tom-t, 2tam-t, bng, 2vib, guiro, sus cym, glsp, whip, tub bells, cym.ant, s.d)-hp.cel(pno)-str
Content
I Im Winter
II Interludio 1
III Grabstein in Dresden
IV Im Frühling
V Sommer
VI Interludio 2
VII Grabstein in Hiroshima
VIII Gesang der Engel
IX Verklärter Herbst
II Interludio 1
III Grabstein in Dresden
IV Im Frühling
V Sommer
VI Interludio 2
VII Grabstein in Hiroshima
VIII Gesang der Engel
IX Verklärter Herbst
More Information
Title:
Sternlose Nacht
Requiem für Jahreszeiten
for soprano, mezzo-soprano, 2 narrators, mixed chorus and orchestra
texts by Georg Trakl, Gershom Scholem, Lothar Metzger, Angela Gill and Masao Masunishi
Japanese translation by Nobuyuki Kakigi
Language:
German, Japanese
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music Co. Ltd., Tokyo
Year of composition:
2010
Duration:
50 ′
World Premiere:
October 2, 2010 · Baden-Baden (D)
Festspielhaus
Herbstfestspiele Baden-Baden 2010
Sally Matthews, Sopran; Mihoko Fujimura, Mezzosopran · Conductor: Kent Nagano · Mahler Chamber Orchestra · WDR Rundfunkchor
Festspielhaus
Herbstfestspiele Baden-Baden 2010
Sally Matthews, Sopran; Mihoko Fujimura, Mezzosopran · Conductor: Kent Nagano · Mahler Chamber Orchestra · WDR Rundfunkchor
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by Mahler Chamber Orchestra with the support of Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
Technical Details
Product number:
LSJ 4605-01
Persons
Performances
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Orchestra: Elisabeth University of Music Symphony Orchestra
December 4, 2015 |
Hiroshima (Japan) , Elisabeth University of Music
Sternlose Nacht
Conductor: Henrik Schaefer
Orchestra: Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra
January 31, 2014 |
Hiroshima (Japan) , Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall
Sternlose Nacht
Composium 2012
Conductor: Jun Märkl
Orchestra: NHK Symphony Orchestra
May 24, 2012 |
Tokyo (Japan) , Tokyo Opera City — National Premiere
Sternlose Nacht
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie
November 6, 2010 |
Dresden (Germany) , Frauenkirche
Sternlose Nacht
Herbstfestspiele Baden-Baden 2010
Conductor: Kent Nagano
Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra
October 2, 2010 |
Baden-Baden (Germany) , Festspielhaus — World Premiere
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