general information

composition date
1975
duration
8 min
editor
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas
Opus
13
Commission
Fondation Koussevitzky pour le centenaire de la naissance de Serge Koussevitzky.

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Mixed instrumental ensemble of 5 to 9 instruments)

detailed formation

flute, English horn, clarinet, horn, piano, celesta, violin, viola, cello

information about the creation

date
May 9, 1975

New York, Alice Tully Hall

interpreters

la Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, direction : Michael Tilson Thomas.

Program note

Note de programme du concert Nagano : lundi 11 février 1985, Paris, Théâtre du Rond Point, en pdf sur le site de la médiathèque de l’Ircam (lien vérifié en mars 2010).



recordings

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Ophelia Dances, Book 1

Composed by Oliver Knussen , concert on February 11, 1985

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

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