Recital I (for Cathy)
Recital I (for Cathy)
Year of composition:
1972
Year composition ended:
1972
Language:
Italian or English
Text sources:
Spoken text: Luciano Berio (with references to Andrea Mosetti, Edoardo Sanguineti)
Scored for:
mezzo-soprano and 17 instruments
Dedication:
Cathy Berberian
Commissioned by:
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Duration:
35'
Annotations:
Instrumentation: 1 1 2 0 - 0 1 1 0 - perc, 3 pno, e.org, alto sax, bass tpt, str
(English text translated by Cathy Berberian)
First performance:
27/05/1972, Lisbon, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Grande Auditório. Cathy Berberian, Orquesta Gulbenkian, dir. Luciano Berio (world prèmiere). 13/09/1972, Venice, 35. Festival Internazionale di Musica Contemporanea, Teatro di Palazzo Grassi. Cathy Berberian, London Sinfonietta, dir. Luciano Berio (Italian prèmiere).
Publisher:
Universal Edition
Edition number:
34399