general information

composition date
1956
duration
2h
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
'To Imogen Holst and Ninette de Valois'
Opus
57

type

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

detailed formation

3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 6 percussionists, timpani, harp, piano [4 mains], celesta

information about the creation

date
January 1, 1957

Londres, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

interpreters

Benjamin Britten : direction, John Cranko : chorégraphie, John Piper : décor, Desmond Heeley : costumes.


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