general information

composition date
1974
duration
40 min
editor
Peters, San Antonio, Texas
Cycle
Makrokosmos
Dedicatee
au Swarthmore College
Commission
The Fromm Music Foundation

type

Chamber music (Percussion and keyboard quartet)

information about the creation

date
March 30, 1974

États-Unis, Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College

interpreters

Gilbert Kalish et James Freeman : piano, Raymond DesRoches et Richard Fitz : percussion.

Création du cycle complet Makrokosmos le 12 juin 1980 à Buffalo, New York, par Ivar Mikhashoff, Aki Takahashi, Stephen et Frieda Manes : pianos, Jan Williams et Lynn Harbold : percussion.

Information on the electronics

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observations

Enregistrements : Susan Grace et Alice Rybak : pianos, David Colson et John Kinzie : percussion, 1 cd Bridge Records 9105, 2001 ; Fuat Kent et Peter Degenhardt : pianos, Carmen Erb et Hans-Peter Achberger : percussion, 1 cd col legno WWE 20023, 1999 ; piano & percussion : Susan Wenckus et Markus Stange : pianos, Markus Hauke et Michael Kiedaisch : percussion, 1 cd audite 97.455, 1997 ; Bojan Gorisek et Tatiana Ognjanovic : pianos, Lojze Gradisek et Boris Surbak : percussion, 1 cd Audiophile Classics 103301, 1997.

Part titles

  •  I. Nocturnal Sounds (The Awakening)
  • II. Wanderer-Fantasy
  • III. The Advent
  • IV. Myth
  • V. Music of the Starry Night

recordings

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Music for a Summer Evening

Composed by George Crumb , concert on January 7, 1994

This is an excerpt. The full version is available at the IRCAM media library


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