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György Ligeti

Aventures

Title
Aventures
for three singers and seven instrumentalists
Category
Vocal Music
Duration
11:00
Number of performers
10
Instrumentation
coloratura soprano · alto · baritone - flute - horn - percussion (1 performer) - harpsichord · piano (also celesta) - cello · double bass
Composition year(s)
1962
World premiere
1963-04-04

Hamburg · Gertie Chalent, soprano · Marie Thérèse Cahn, alto · William Pearson, baritone · ensemble "die reihe", Vienna · Friedrich Cerha, conductor

Text

György Ligeti

Audio
Copyright

György Ligeti Edition Vol. 4 © 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc./ ℗ 1996 Sony Classical
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Comment of the composer on the work

I decided to flee from Hungary after the bloody suppression of the uprising of 23 October 1956. My first “western” composition, Artikulation (1958), was realised in the Cologne Studio for Electronic Music (the originally quadraphonic work is presented here in a stereo version). This composition, produced purely electronically, resembles an abstract language. Later on, between 1962 and 1965, I realised similar ideas using the human voice (three singers) and seven instruments; the results are the Aventures and Nouvelles Aventures, which appear here as live concert recordings.

© 2001–2003 Teldec Classics & 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd | Translation: Louise Duchesneau

Publisher
Peters