"Erdbeben. Träume" Suite

for orchestra

(revised version)

orchestra

Edition: Performance material

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Description

The suite of orchestral pieces from Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Erdbeben. Träume consists of four movements and a short intermezzo in the middle. Each movement depicts the important scenes from the opera. The libretto by Marcel Beyer, a German writer, was based on Heinrich von Kleist’s Das Erdbeben in Chili.

Orchestral Cast

2(2.pic&afl).2(2.ca).2(2.bcl).2(2.cbsn)-4.2.2.1-4perc(I: b.d; II: gong, tam-t, 2bng; III: 2sus cym, gong, tam-t, s.d(without snares), b.d, wdbl, water; IV: vib, 2bng)-hp.cel-str

Content

I Beben
II Granatapfelbaum
III Leben
IV Trauer

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Title:

"Erdbeben. Träume" Suite

for orchestra

(revised version)

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music Co. Ltd., Tokyo

Year of composition:

2020 (2023)

Duration:

19 ′

World Premiere:

November 26, 2022 · Bologna (I)
Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Conductor: Marco Angius · Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
(World premiere of the original version)

October 12, 2023 · Hamburg (D)
Elbphilharmonie
Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling · Symphoniker Hamburg

World Premiere (Revision) (World premiere of the revised version)

Commissioned work :

Commissioned by Regia Accademia Filarmonica