- General information
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Composition date :
1998
- Duration : 07 mn
- Commande: Spoleto USA Chamber Music Festival
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Composition date :
1998
- Type
- Musique de chambre [Autre sextuor et plus de diverses familles]
Detailed formation
- violon, violon II, alto, violoncelle, piano, cloche
Creation information
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Date :
1998
Location :États-Unis, Charleston, Spoleto Chamber Music Festival
Performers :le quatuor à cordes St Lawrence, Steven Prutsman : piano, Osvaldo Golijov et Todd Palmer : cloches.
This piece is a constellation of symbols, the most obviuos ones being the bells (whose meaning changes according to when and how we hear them), imaginary bells (the piano), and a XIIIth century motet, whose meaning is probably different for us now than it was for people then.
Osvaldo Golijov, site internet du compositeur.