Zemlinsky Sarema

[Alan Howe]

This early (1895) opera by Zemlinsky had totally passed me by:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zemlinsky-Sarema-1997-01-10/dp/B01KBJRVGK/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=zemlinsky+sarema&qid=1607168498&sr=8-2

On YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4003pobuAg

[eschiss1]

According to Beaumont, composed February-June 1894, orchestrated 1895, entered into the same competition as Thuille's Theuerdank, Könnemann's tolle Eberstein (tied for first), Sarema and Lederer's Hiob tying for 3rd place- the vote for 3rd place going to Zemlinsky on the 2nd ballot (Beaumont).  All 3 scores winning the competition were performed in Munich between 1897-8, and Sarema was given in Leipzig in 1899-- then next performed in the 1990s or so ("slumbered for nearly a century in the archives of the Bavarian State Library before being heard again" - Beaumont, p.40.)