Lera Auerbach
1973 -
Russia
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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.
Source:http://www.leraauerbach.com/content/profile_biography_en.html
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.
Source:http://www.leraauerbach.com/catalogue/requiem_for_a_poet.html
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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:
01. Post silentium (Præludium – Requiem æternam)
02. Psalm 134 (Ein Lied im höhern Chor)
03. Vater unser
04. Kyrie
05. Father Judges Gebet
06. Psalm 100
07. Die Verheißung (Apostelgeschichte 2: 17 - 21)
08. De profundis (Psalm 130)
09. Gradual – Sh’ma Israel
10. Tuba mirum
11. Mizmor l’David (Psalm 23)
12. Lacrimosa
13. Libera me – Ana Beko’ach
14. In silentium (Ode to Peace / Ode an den Frieden)
15. Anrufung der Schutzengel
16. Frieden, wo Gott wohnt
17. Amen
18. Amen
Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LENW4rV00oQ