Canto IV

Title
Canto IV
4 aspects for 16 voices and 16 instruments
Duration
24:00
Number of performers
32
Instrumentation
4 soprano, 4 alto, 4 tenor, 4 bass (all singers also perc), flute · 2cl·bcl - 2tpt·2 tbn - pft·organ·bells·vibraphone - vln·vla·vlc·db
Composition year(s)
1969
World premiere
1971-06-18
Nuremberg, 20. Internationale Orgelwoche
Philharmonisches Orchester Nürnberg; Schola cantorum, Stuttgart; cond. Bruno Maderna
Extra title
Text: Holy scriptures, Thomas Müntzer, Martin Luther, Teilhard de Chardin
Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes