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The Twelve

for speaker and chamber orchestra
Text von Alexander Blok
speakers and chamber orchestra
Edition: Performance material

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Description

Aleksandr Blok’s poem Dvenadtsat [The Twelve] marked a new era in Russian lyrical poetry and made Blok the first poet to react significantly to the October Revolution of 1917. In this poem he focuses on twelve individual soldiers based on the characters of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ. Blok’s personal opinions on the Revolution and Christianity remain ambivalent. His great literary quality inspired well-known authors such as Paul Celan to create translations of the poem into their own language, and composers such as Alexander Tcherepnin to compose musical settings of the text. Tcherepnin’s pithy melodrama can be performed in four different languages.

Orchestral Cast

P. S. (Xyl. · Gl. · Trgl. · Beck. · Mil. Tr. · gr. Tr.) - Hfe. · Klav. - Str.

Content

I "Schwarzer Abend. Weißer Schnee. Sturmesrasen!"
II "Am schwarzen Riemen das Gewehr..."
III "Als wie unsre Jungens gingen..."
IV "Schneit, der schicke Kutscher schreit..."
V "Noch ist auf der Wange, Katja, nicht verheilt der Messerstich..."
VI "Aufs neu fliegt entgegen..."
VII "Und aufs neu die Zwölf marschieren..."
VIII "Ach, du Kummer kummervoll!"
IX "Kein Stadtlärm ist mehr zu vernehmen..."
X "Ha, das ist ein Schneesturmbrausen..."
XI "Ohne heilgen Namen gehen stetig weiter die zwölf Mann..."
XII "Alltagschritte weitergehen..."

More Information

Title:
The Twelve
for speaker and chamber orchestra
Text von Alexander Blok
französisch von G. Arout, englisch von H.L. Mason, deutsch von J. v. Guenther
Language:
French, German, Russian, English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Belaieff Musikverlag
Year of composition:
1945
Opus:
op. 73
Duration:
15 ′

Technical Details

Product number:
LBEL 1340
Delivery rights:
Worldwide

Performances

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  • The Twelve
    Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
    Orchestra: Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    October 26, 2012 | München (Germany) , Herz-Jesu-Kirche
    20.00 h
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