Betsy Jolas (1926)

B Day - "Jour B" (2006)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2006
    • Duration: 16 mn
    • Publisher: Alphonse Leduc, Paris, 2007
    • Commission: Boston Modern Orchestra Project (B.M.O.P) pour célébrer ses dix ans et les quatre-vingts ans de Betsy Jolas
Detailed formation
  • 2 flutes (also piccolo, flute [en sol] ), 2 oboes (also English horn), clarinet [en sib] , bass clarinet, 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 2 trumpets [en ut] , 2 trombones, 2 tubas, 2 percussionists, timpani, piano, 12 violins, 10 second violins, 8 violas, 6 cellos, 4 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 9 March 2007
    Location:

    États-Unis, Boston, Jordan Hall


    Performers:

    Boston Modern Orchestra ; Gil Rose, direction