Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012)

Lightness and Weight (1987)

for solo tuba and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1987
    • Duration: 14 mn
    • Publisher: Faber Music, Londres
    • Commission: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra pour Melvyn Poore avec l'aide du fonds Southern Arts
Detailed formation
  • soloist: tuba
  • 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo, 1 alto flute), 3 oboes (also 1 English horn), English horn, 2 bass clarinets, 2 contrabassoons, 5 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 6 percussionists, harp, 14 violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, 6 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 18 February 1987
    Location:

    Royaume-Uni, Poole


    Performers:

    Melvyn Poore : tuba et l'Orchestre symphonique de Bournemouth, direction : Lothar Zagrosek.