Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
Nostalghia (1987)
in memory of Andrei Tarkovsky, for violin and string orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
1987
- Duration: 11 mn
- Publisher: Schott, Tokyo, nº SJ 1045
- Commission: Scottish Post Office pour Sir Yehudi Menuhin
- Dedication: à la mémoire d'André Tarkovski
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Composition date:
1987
- Type
- Concertant music [Violin and chamber orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloist: violin
- 8 violins, 6 second violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 2 five-strings double basses
Premiere information
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Date:
11 August 1987
Location:Grande Bretagne, festival d'Edimburgh
Performers:Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, direction : Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.