Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
A string around Autumn (1989)
for viola and orchestra
[Un fil autour de l'automne]
- General information
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Composition date:
1989
- Duration: 18 mn
- Publisher: Schott, Tokyo, nº SJ 1064
- Commission: Festival d'Automne à Paris pour le bicentenaire de la révolution
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Composition date:
1989
- Type
- Concertant music [Viola and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- 3 flutes (also 1 piccolo, 1 alto flute), 3 oboes (also 1 oboe d'amore, 1 English horn), 3 clarinets (also 1 Eb clarinet, 1 bass clarinet), contrabass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 4 percussionists, 2 harp, piano, 14 violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, 6 double basses
Premiere information
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Date:
29 November 1989
Location:Paris, Festival d'automne
Performers:Nobuko Imai, Orchestre de Paris, direction : Kent Nagano.