general information

composition date
2007
duration
22 min
editor
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas
Commission
Fondation du Berlin Philharmoniker et Carnegie Hall Corporation.

type

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

detailed formation

5 flutes (also 2 piccolos, bass flute), 5 oboes (also English horn, heckelphone), 5 clarinets (also 2 Eb clarinets, A clarinet, basset horn [ad lib.], contrabass clarinet), 4 bassoons, contrabassoon, 8 horns, 5 trumpets (also piccolo trumpet [ad lib.]), 3 trombones, 2 tubas, 6 percussionists, harp, piano (also celesta)

information about the creation

date
February 21, 2007

Allemagne, Berlin, Philharmonie

interpreters

l'Orchestre philharmonique de Berlin, direction : Sir Simon Rattle.

Program note

The title of this one-movement symphony, Tevot (tey-VOT), means in Hebrew bars of music. Also, in the Bible, (tey-VA) is the ark of Noah, and the cradle in which the baby Moses is carried on the river. It was commissioned by the Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker and The Carnegie Hall Corporation. The world premiere is at the Berliner Philharmonie by the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle on February 21, 2007. The United States premiere is at Carnegie Hall, New York City by the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle on November 14, 2007.



Thomas Adès.

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