general information

composition date
1979
duration
53 min
editor
Chester Music
Opus
82
Commission
Philharmonia Orchestra
Libretto (details, author)

George Mackay Brown, Greenvoe

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (2 solo voices or more and orchestra)

detailed formation

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, alto flute, 4 English horns, bass clarinet, contrabassoon, timpani, 5 percussionists, celesta

information about the creation

date
May 11, 1982

Royaume-Uni, Londres, Royal Festival Hall

interpreters

Jen DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano, Michael Rippon, baryton, Philharmonia Orchestra, Simon Rattle, direction.


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