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Lera Auerbach
1973 -
Russia
| L. Auerbach |
Lera Auerbach (21/10/1973), a female Russian composer. She was born in Chelyabinsk, a city in the Urals bordering Siberia. Since 1991 she has made New York City her permanent residence, while Hamburg remains her European home. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in piano and music composition from The Juilliard School. She went on to study at and graduated from the prestigious piano soloist program of the Hannover Hochschule für Musik.
Symphony no. 2 'Requiem for a Poet'
| Period: | 21st century |
| Composed in: | 2007 |
| Musical form: | free |
| Text/libretto: | Marina Tsvetaeva |
| Duration: | 39' |
| In memory of: | Rainer Maria Rilke |
Requiem for a Poet for Symphony, Chorus, mezzo-soprano and violoncello (for 3(alto fl).2(cor anglais).3.3(db bn) – 4.3.3(bass tbn).1 – timp. 4perc (tgl, tam-t, bass dr,chimes,crystal glasses, vibr, flexatone, glsp), 1 harp. piano. strings. SATB chorus. solo cello. mezzo-soprano). It is based on the poem “Novogodneye” by Marina Tsvetaeva. This poem was written shortly after the death of Rainer Maria Rilke, close to New Year of 1927.
All sections performed without pause.
'Requiem for a Poet' is a single large movement.
| Marina Tsvetaeva (text) |
R.M. Rilke (dedicatee) |
A Russian Requiem
| Period: | 21st century |
| Composed in: | 2007 |
| Text/libretto: | Russian Orthodox sacred texts and poetry |
| Duration: | 85' |
A Russian Requiem (on Russian Orthodox sacred texts and poetry by Alexander Pushkin, Gavrila Derzhavin, Mikhail Lermontov, Boris Pasternak, Osip Mandelstam, Alexander Blok, Zinaida Gippius, Anna Akhmatova, Joseph Brodsky, Viktor Sosnora and Irina Ratushinskaya) by the Bremen Philharmonic with the Latvian National Choir and the Estonian Opera Boys Choir.
| Source: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lera_Auerbach |
Requiem (Dresden - Ode to Peace)
| Period: | 21st century |
| Composed in: | 2012 |
| Duration: | 75' |
Requiem (Dresden - Ode to Peace) (2012) for Youth chorus, men's chorus
| Source: | https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/49067/Requiem-Dresden----Ode-to-Peace--Lera-Auerbach/ |
Requiem (Dresden - Ode to Peace) (2012) contains:
I. Post silentium (Præludium – Requiem æternam)
II. Psalm 134 (Ein Lied im höhern Chor)
III. Vater unser
IV. Kyrie
V. Father Judges Gebet
VI. Psalm 100
VII. Die Verheißung (Apostelgeschichte 2: 17 - 21)
VIII. De profundis (Psalm 130)
IX. Gradual – Sh’ma Israel
X. Tuba mirum
XI. Mizmor l’David (Psalm 23)
XII. Lacrimosa
XIII. Libera me – Ana Beko’ach
XIV. In silentium (Ode to Peace / Ode an den Frieden)
XV. Anrufung der Schutzengel
XVI. Frieden, wo Gott wohnt
XVII. Amen
XVIII. Amen
I. Post silentium (Præludium – Requiem æternam)
II. Psalm 134 (Ein Lied im höhern Chor)
III. Vater unser
IV. Kyrie
V. Father Judges Gebet
VI. Psalm 100
VII. Die Verheißung (Apostelgeschichte 2: 17 - 21)
VIII. De profundis (Psalm 130)
IX. Gradual – Sh’ma Israel
X. Tuba mirum
XI. Mizmor l’David (Psalm 23)
XII. Lacrimosa
XIII. Libera me – Ana Beko’ach
XIV. In silentium (Ode to Peace / Ode an den Frieden)
XV. Anrufung der Schutzengel
XVI. Frieden, wo Gott wohnt
XVII. Amen
XVIII. Amen
| Source: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LENW4rV00oQ |