BROTHER OF SLEEP

oratorio scene for choir, organ, trumpet and instruments

Duration: 12

Instrumentation: Childrens choir, mixed choir, organ, solo trumpet, fl.,
2 ob., 3 bs., tenor tro., 8 double basses, 5 percussionists

Solo instruments: Orgel, Trompete (B)

Text/Lyrics by: Text fragment by Rainer Maria Rilke and Johann Franck

Dedication: for Robert Schneider

Additional remarks: The work is the finale from the Rilke-oratorio '...so loose in space'.

World premiere: 25.10.1995

Records: WERGO WER6613-2, title:, 1996

Performers on recording: Harald Feller (organ), Bruno Feldkirchen (trp.),
Luzern choir boys, Orpheus Chamber Choir Munich;
direction: Gerd Guglhör