Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 4 movements |
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Composition Year | 2017 |
Genre Categories | Symphonies; For 5 voices, 2 mixed choruses, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; |
1. Lento cantabile, Chorale "La grande Ode"
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2. Elègie, Ständchen
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3. Largo sentimentale, cantabile
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4. Adagio eroico, appassionato - Finale
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Work Title | Symphony No.2 |
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Alternative. Title | Maestosa |
Composer | Brandes, Felipe |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.21 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | None [force assignment] |
Key | E-flat major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 4 movements:
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 2017 |
Librettist | Felipe Brandes (b. 2000) (Nos.1,2,4) Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945) (Nos.3) |
Language | English (Nos.1-2), German (Nos.3-4) |
Dedication | Luiza Cunha Puttini |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 82 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
Piece Style | Modern |
Instrumentation | Voices: soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, 2 mixed choruses (SATBarB/SATBarB), Orchestra: piccolo, 2 flutes, oboe, English horn, clarinet (E♭), 2 clarinets (B♭),bass clarinet (B♭), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba timpani, percussion, harp, strings (other instruments: piano, celesta, organ, tubular bells, tam-tam, Wagner tuba, viola d'amore, Vuvuzela) |
Extra Information | Brandes wrote the libretto to the 1st/4th movement only, the 3rd is based on Lasker-Schüler's "Dem Barbaren" |
Strings were compacted in the conductor's sheet due to lack of space. Each row of the string setting are attributed to perform a note of the chord. This is specified in the specific parts. Also for this reason, is that separating all individual scores (for each instrument, then chorus, then "rowed" strings) was extremely demanding and exausting... but it's finally there