general information

composition date
1996
duration
48 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
The memory of George Mackay Brown
Opus
176
Commission
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, pour son 50e anniversaire

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Orchestral music)

detailed formation

piccolo, 2 flutes (also alto flute), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 5 percussions, harp, celesta

information about the creation

date
June 22, 1996

Royaume-Uni, Orcades, Kirkwall, Phœnix Cinema

interpreters

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, direction.


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