general information

composition date
1981
duration
10 min
editor
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas
Commission
Scottish Chamber Orchestra et Aldeburgh Festival
Libretto (details, author)

Wallace Stevens : 'The Snow Man'

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (1 female voice and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano

2 piccolos (also flute), 2 oboes (also English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, piccolo trumpet, percussionist, 6 violins, 6 second violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 2 double basses

information about the creation

date
June 26, 1981

Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings (Angleterre)

interpreters

Teresa Cahill (soprano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, direction: Jerzy Maksymiuk


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