Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012)

Timepieces (1987)

for orchestra with two conductors

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1987
    • Duration: 15 mn
    • Publisher: Faber Music, Londres
    • Commission: Koussevitsky Foundation
Detailed formation
  • soloist: 2 conductors
  • 3 flutes (also 3 piccolos), 2 oboes (also 1 English horn), 2 clarinets (also 2 Eb clarinets [en mi b] , 1 bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 5 percussionists (also 1 vibraphone, 1 glockenspiel), piano (also electric organ [ou synthétiseur] ), 14 violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, 6 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 23 September 1988
    Location:

    Allemagne, Saarbrücken


    Performers:

    l'orchestre symphonique de la radio de Saarbrücken, direction : John Carewe et Fleming Vistissen.