A Few Words About Chekhov
composer: Dominick Argento
Commissioned work: This work was commissioned for The Schubert Club of St. Paul through a generous gift from Angus and Margaret Wurtele in commemoration of their Twentieth Wedding Anniversary.
Premiere: 12. Okotber 1996 Ordway Music Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota · Mezzo-Sopran: Frederica von Stade · Bariton: Hakan Hagegard · Klavier: Martin Katz
Instrumentation: mezzo-soprano, baritone and piano
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, New York
Duration: 20' 0''
Language: English
42 Pages - Saddle stitching
ISMN: 979-0-051-93382-2
Order number: BHI 93382
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This 20-minute cycle was premiered in 1996 by Frederica von Stade, Hakan Hagegard and Martin Katz. With a text based on letters and a memoir, it communicates the relationship of Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper from their meeting in 1898, through their marriage, to his untimely death in 1904. An orchestrated version (2001) is available on rental from Boosey & Hawkes.
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