Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012)

Concerto for percussion (1997)

electronic work

  • General information
    • Composition date : 1997
    • Duration : 15 mn
    • Publisher : Faber Music, Londres
    • Commission: BBC pour les « 1997 BBC Proms »
Detailed formation
  • soloist : marimba (also vibraphone, 2 gamelans, 8 temple-blocks, 6 wood blocks, mark-tree)
  • 3 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes, 3 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussionist, harp, piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date : 26 July 1997
    Location :

    Royaume-Uni, Londres, BBC Promenade Concert, Royal Albert Hall


    Performers :

    Evelyn Glennie : percussion et l'Orchestre philharmonique de la BBC, direction : Richard Hicox.

Information on the electronics
Electronic device : amplification (ad lib. ou cd + réverbération)