general information

composition date
1991
duration
30 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Commission
Mrs. Ralph Dorman.

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Triple wind orchestra (or larger))

detailed formation

3 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets (also 2 flugerlhorns), 3 trombones, tuba, 5 percussionists, 2 electronic/MIDI keyboards/synthesizers [keyboard samplers], harp

information about the creation

date
November 11, 1991

États-Unis, San Francisco, Davies Hall

interpreters

l'orchestre symphonique de San Francisco, direction : John Adams.

observations

  • Part I. The Machine in the Garden
  • Part II. Soledades

similar works


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