general information

composition date
1995-1996
revisition date
2006
duration
35 min
editor
Ricordi
Commission
Betty Freeman pour Next Generation de Salzburger Festspiele, 1996

type

Concertant music (Piano and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
piano

4 flutes (also 2 piccolos, alto flute, bass flute), 4 oboes (also English horn), 2 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), 4 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 4 trombones (also bass trombone), tuba, 4 percussionists, 2 harp, 16 violins, 16 second violins, 8 violas, 8 cellos, 8 double basses, 2 A clarinets

information about the creation

date
August 17, 1996

États-Unis, Cleveland

interpreters

Pierre-Laurent Aimard : piano et l'Orchestre symphonique de Cleveland, direction : Christof von Dohnányi.

Part titles

  1. Sizzling
  2. Volatile: hazy presto
  3. Ken Saro-Wiwa in memoriam: peacefully stormy

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