general information

composition date
1984-1985
revisition date
1999
duration
1h
editor
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas
Opus
21
Commission
BBC pour le Glyndebourne Fesival Opera
Libretto (details, author)

Maurice Sendak et Oliver Knussen d'après le livre de Sendak

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
6 unspecified soloist voices

3 flutes (also piccolo), oboe, English horn, 3 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trombones, 5 percussionists [dont un offstage], harp, piano, celesta, 6 violins, 6 second violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 4 double basses

information about the creation

date
February 3, 1991

Londres, Barbican

interpreters

Cynthia Buchan, Orchestre symphonique de Londres, direction : Oliver Knussen.

  • Une première version a été créée le 5 août 1985 au Glyndebourne Fesival Operal par le London Sinfonietta, direction : Oliver Knussen.

Information on the electronics

Electronic device
amplification

similar works


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