|
Lera Auerbach
1973 -
Russia
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'
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.
A Russian Requiem
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.
Requiem (Dresden - Ode to Peace)
Requiem (Dresden - Ode to Peace) (2012) for Youth chorus, men's chorus
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
|