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The Mask of Time

for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, chorus and orchestra
text by Michael Tippett, W. B. Yeates, Annie Dillard and Mary Renault
soprano, mezzo soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, chorus and orchestra
Michael Tippett described this work as one that needed to ’confront and con- sider fundamental matters bearing upon man, his relationship with time, his place in the world as we know it and in the universe at large.' Part I of this huge work in particular considers the metaphor of the universe expanding in time.
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Orchestral Cast

3(3pic).2.ca.2.bcl.ssax.asax.2.cbsn-6.3.3.1-timp.6perc(glsp, vib, mar, tub bells, tri, 3cym, sus cym, tam-t, 4gong, 2anvil, tamb, s.d, 3tom-t, ten d, b.d, cast, marac, clav, wdbl, wood chimes, thunder sheet)-hp.pno.eorg-str

Content

I Presence
II Creation of the World by Music
III Jungle
IV The Ice-cap moves South-North
V Dream of the Paradise Garden
VI The Triumpho of Life
VII Mirror of Whitening Light
VIII Hiroshima, mon amour
IX Three Songs (The Severed Head · The Beleaguered Friends · The Young Actor Steps Out)
X The singing will never be done

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Title:
The Mask of Time
for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, chorus and orchestra
text by Michael Tippett, W. B. Yeates, Annie Dillard and Mary Renault
Language:
English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1980 - 1982
Duration:
95 ′
World Premiere:
April 5, 1984 · Boston, MA (USA)
Symphony Hall
Faye Robinson, soprano; Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano; Robert Tear, tenor; John Cheek, baritone · Conductor: Sir Colin Davis · Boston Symphony Orchestra · Tanglewood Festival Chorus


April 6, 1984 · Boston, MA (USA)
Symphony Hall
Faye Robinson, soprano; Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano; Robert Tear, tenor; John Cheek, baritone · Conductor: Sir Colin Davis · Boston Symphony Orchestra · Tanglewood Festival Chorus


April 7, 1984 · Boston, MA (USA)
Symphony Hall
Faye Robinson, soprano; Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano; Robert Tear, tenor; John Cheek, baritone · Conductor: Sir Colin Davis · Boston Symphony Orchestra · Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Commissioned work :
Commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Series:

Technical Details

Product number:
LSL 4038-01

Performances

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  • The Mask of Time
    Conductor: Andrew Davis
    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
    December 7, 2005 | (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , BBC Radio 3 — CD-Broadcast-TV-Production
  • The Mask of Time
    Conductor: Mark Elder
    Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra
    January 6, 2000 | Manchester (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Bridgewater Hall
  • The Mask of Time
    BBC Proms 1999 (First Night of the Proms)
    Conductor: Andrew Davis
    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
    July 16, 1999 | London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Royal Albert Hall — CD-Broadcast-TV-Production
  • The Mask of Time
    Tippett Festival
    Conductor: Andrew Davis
    Orchestra: Kungliga Filharmonikerna
    November 13, 1997 | Stockholm (Sweden) , Konserthus
  • The Mask of Time
    'Visions of Paradise' Festival
    Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
    February 26, 1995 | London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Barbican Hall
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