Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001)

Kraanerg (1968 -1969)

ballet music for orchestra and four-track magnetic tape

electronic work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1968 - 1969
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Detailed formation
  • flute (also piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets (also 1 Eb clarinet, 1 contrabass clarinet), bassoon (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 3 violins, 3 second violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, 2 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 2 June 1969
    Location:

    Canada, Ottawa, National Arts Centre, pour son inauguration


    Performers:

    Lukas Foss : direction, National Ballet Guild of Canada, Roland Petit : chorégraphie, Victor Vasarely : décor.

Information on the electronics
Electronic device: sons fixés sur support (bande magnétique quatre pistes)