Tableau vivant

subtitle:
For chamber orchestra
year:
1982
lenght:
11'
instrumentation:
1.1.2.1. – 1.1.1.0. – piano – archi: 1.1.2.1.1.
publisher:
Universal Edition, Vienna / PWM Kraków
premiere:

November 29, 1982 / Austrian Radio, Vienna, Austria

 

Ensemble XX Jahrhundert

cond. Peter Burwik

Commission:
Österreichischer Rundfunk, Vienna
details:

Tableau vivant is a work about silence, fear, anger and stubbornness. The idea was created on December 13, 1981, on the day of the declaration of martial law in Poland.

 

[Zygmunt Krauze, commentary on the program of the concert, “Portrait of the composer Zygmunt Krauze, National Philharmonic, March 5, 1991, fr.]

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