Louis Andriessen (1939-2021)

Agamemnon (2017)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2017
    • Duration: 20 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Detailed formation
  • 3 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 3 oboes, soprano saxophone, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, electric guitar, electric bass guitar, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 4 October 2018
    Location:

    États-Unis, New York, Lincoln Center, David Geffen Hall


    Performers:

    New York Philharmonic ; Jaap van Zweden, direction