The Death of Moses

for 5 soloists (SATBarB), mixed chorus, children's chorus and thirteen instruments

Traditional Jewish poetry adapted and translated by John Hollander

5 soloists, SATB chorus, children's chorus and 13 instruments

Weniger Arnold Schönbergs Moses und Aron als vielmehr die impulsive Führung von Chor und Orchester bei Monteverdi und Händel hat Alexander Goehr beeinflusst, als er 1991 im Auftrag der BBC Proms The Death of Moses komponierte.

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Written for the 1991 BBC Proms and first performed by the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra under their Director, John Eliot Gardiner. Alexander Goehr acknowledges Arnold Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron but the work owes its inspiration to Monteverdi and Handel in its vivid choral and orchestral writing.

Orchestral Cast

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Title:

The Death of Moses

for 5 soloists (SATBarB), mixed chorus, children's chorus and thirteen instruments

Traditional Jewish poetry adapted and translated by John Hollander

Language:

English

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

1991 - 1992

Opus:

op. 53

Duration:

55 ′

World Premiere:

July 31, 1992 · Seville (E)
Seville Cathedral
Michael Chance,counter-tenor
Nigel Robson, tenor
Sarah Leonard, soprano · Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner · English Baroque Soloists · Monteverdi Choir; New London Children's Choir · Choir director: Ronald Corp

Commissioned work :

Commissioned by The John S. Cohen Foundation in celebration of its Silver Jubilee, 1990