Roger Reynolds (1934)
On the Balance of Things (1996 -1998)
for oboe, ensemble, electronics and dancer
electronic work
stage work
- General information
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Composition date:
1996 - 1998
- Video, installation (detail, author): danse optionnelle
- Duration: 24 mn
- Publisher: Peters
- Commission: Meet The Composer
- Dedication: la compagnie de danse de Lucinda Childs
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Libretto (details, author):
Elizabeth Bishop, I. A Summer's Day, II. Questions of Travel, III. Anaphora, IV. The Monument, fragments.
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Composition date:
1996 - 1998
- Type
- Concertant music [Oboe and small ensemble up to 9 instruments]
Detailed formation
- soloist: oboe
- flute (also piccolo), clarinet (also bass clarinet), trumpet, percussionist, violin, cello
Premiere information
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Date:
7 June 1996
Location:version non dansée, France, Paris, Cité de la Musique
Performers:Jacqueline Leclair : hautbois, Sirius Ensemble, direction : Harvey Sollberger.
- 16 janvier 1998, France, Paris, Cité de la Musique, László Hadady : hautbois, l'Ensemble intercontemporain, direction : Anne Manson, chorégraphie et danse : Lucinda Childs.
Information on the electronics
Electronic device: sons fixés sur support (voix enregistrée : Lucinda Childs)