Requiem Canticles

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The Requiem Canticles (German: Requiem Lobgesänge ) are a 15-minute composition by Igor Stravinsky for alto voice and bass - solos , choir and orchestra .

Stravinsky completed the work in 1966, when it was also premiered . The work was performed at Stravinsky's funeral.

Orchestration

• Alto, bass soloists and mixed choir
• Orchestra consisting of 3 flutes , alto flute , 2 bassoons , 4 horns , 2 trumpets , 3 trombones , 2 timpani , 2 percussionists ( xylophone , vibraphone and tubular bells ), harp , piano , celesta and strings .

structure

The piece consists of nine short movements:

1. Prelude
2. Exaudi
3. This Irae
4. Tuba mirum
5. Interlude
6. Rex tremendae
7. Lacrimosa
8. Libera me
9. Postlude

The Requiem Canticles are characteristic of Stravinsky's twelve-tone music practice .

Basic series of forms in Stravinsky's Requiem Canticles

literature

• Heinrich Lindlar: Lübbes Stravinsky Lexicon. Gustav Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1982, ISBN 3-404-61286-8 , pp. 171-173.

Web links

• Audio sample , accessed on April 5, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ^ Text of the individual sentences , accessed on April 5, 2016