HIMMELFAHRT

2008

for five voices (two tenors, baritone, soprano, mezzo-soprano), small choir, and orchestra (111+sax - 0100 - cel. + piano - 2 perc. - strings)

commissioned by Staatstheater Kassel

duration: ca. 20 minutes

Himmelfahrt: Satire in einem Bild nach einem Gedicht von Heinrich Heine
Ascension: Satire in one scene after the poem by Heine

PRODUCTIONS

Uraufführung: Kassel, April 2008, conducted by Christopher Ward, directed by Sebastian Müller, featuring:

Stefan Adam (Seele)
Mark Bowman-Hester (Sankt Peter)
Annika Sophie Ritlewski (Erzengel)