general information

composition date
1945-1949
revisition date
1965
duration
36 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
à Serge Koussevitzky, en hommage
Commission
Koussevitzky Foundation

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Instrumental ensemble, one to a part)

detailed formation

2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists, celesta, 2 harp [la deuxième ad lib.], pianino, strings

information about the creation

date
November 28, 1948

création de « Dirge », Israel, Tel Aviv, Habima Hall, soirée de gala en aide au IPO Pension Fund

interpreters

Leonard Bernstein : piano, l'Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, direction : George Singer.

  • 8 avril 1949, États-Unis, Boston, Symphony Hall, création intégrale, par Leonard Bernstein : piano, le Boston Symphony Orchestra, direction : Serge Koussevitzky.

  • date
    July 15, 1965

    États-Unis, New York, Philharmonic Hall

    interpreters

    Philippe Entremont : piano, le Boston Symphony Orchestra, direction : Serge Koussevitzky.

    observations

    Œuvre composée d'après The Age of Anxiety de W.H. Auden.

    Part titles

    I : a. The Prologue ; b. The Seven Ages (Variations 1-7) ; c. The Seven Stages (Variations 8-14). Part II : a. The Dirge ; b. The Masque ; c. The Epilogue.


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