Brian Ferneyhough (1943)

Plötzlichkeit (2006)

for large orchestra with three female voices
[Soudaineté]

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2006
    • Duration: 23 mn
    • Publisher: Peters, nº EP 7884
    • Commission: SWR et Radio France
Detailed formation
  • soloist: 3 unspecified female voices
  • 3 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 3 oboes (also English horn), 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 soprano trombones, bass trumpet, contrabass trombone [cimbasso] , 3 percussionists, 2 harp, piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 20 October 2006
    Location:

    Allemagne, Donaueschingen


    Performers:

    Monika Meier-Schmid : soprano, Truike van der Poel : mezzo-soprano, Janet Collins : contralto, SWR Symphony Orchestra, direction : Arturo Tamayo.