general information

composition date
1973-1979
duration
15 min
editor
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas
Opus
18
Commission
BBC pour les Promenade Concerts 1979.

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Triple wind orchestra (or larger))

detailed formation

4 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 4 clarinets (also Eb clarinet), 3 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 6 percussionists, harp, guitar (also mandolin [ad lib.]), piano, celesta, 12 violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, 6 double basses

information about the creation

date
September 6, 1979

Londres, BBC Prom, Royal Albert Hall

interpreters

l'orchestre symphonique de la BBC, direction : Michael Tilson Thomas.

  • Création de la première partie le 24 janvier 1974 à Boston, par le Boston Symphony Orchestra, direction : Michael Tilson Thomas.

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