general information

composition date
1954
duration
30 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
à la mémoire de Serge et Natalie Koussevitzky
Commission
Koussevitzky Foundation

type

Instrumental ensemble music (String and percussion ensemble)

detailed formation

harp, timpani, 5 percussionists, strings

information about the creation

date
September 9, 1954

Italie, Venise, Teatro La Fenice

interpreters

Isaac Stern : violon, l'Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, direction : Leonard Bernstein.

observations

Œuvre composée d'après Le Banquet de Platon.

Part titles

I. Phaedrus : Pausanias ; II. Aristophanes ; III. Eryximachus ; IV. Agathon ; V. Socrates: Alcibiades.


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