Mysteries of the Macabre
composer: György Ligeti
Drei Arien aus der Oper "Le Grand Macabre"
für Koloratursopran oder Solo-Trompete und Orchester
Premiere: January 20, 1994 Paris, Radio France (F) Festival "Présences" 1994 · Philippe Lisler, trumpet; Sonja Pascale, soprano · Conductor: Oswald Sallaberger · Orchestre National de France (world première of both the soprano and the trumpet version in one concert)
Orchestra instrumentation: Picc. · 1 · 3 (3. auch Engl. Hr.) · 2 (2. auch Bassklar.) · 2 (2. auch Kfg.) - 4 · 2 · 0 · Kb.-Pos. · Kb.-Tb. - P. S. (Trgl. · Crot. · 2 Beckenpaare · hg. Beck. · Tamt. · Tomt. · Cong. · Tamb. · Rührtr. · kl. Tr. · gr. Tr. · Mar. · 4 Bong. · Kast. · Ratsche · Guero · Woodbl. · 4 Tempelbl. · Trillerpf. · Signalpf. · Lotosfl. · Glsp. · Xyl. · Sandpapier · gr. Bogen Papier, der laut zerknittert werden kann) (2 Spieler) - Mand. · Hfe. · Cel. (auch Cemb.) · Klav. (auch E-Org.) - Str. (3 · 0 · 2 · 6 · 4)
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 9' 0''
Year of composition: 1974/1977, rev. 1992
Language: English - German
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I composed my opera Le Grand Macabre from 1974 to 1997. The Mysteries of the Macabre are arrangements of three coloratura arias of the chief of the “Secret Political Police” which have been arranged (beautifully!) for chamber ensemble by Elgar Howarth. My friend Howarth had conducted the world premiere of the opera in Stockholm in 1978 and some of the further productions. The half-nonsense text is an immediate – however more accurate – continuation of the idea of my works Aventures and Nouvelles Aventures, but there is no chromatics in the music any more.
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