George Benjamin (1960)

Duet (2008)

for piano and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2008
    • Duration: 14 mn
    • Publisher: Faber Music
    • Commission: Roche for Lucerne Festival
Detailed formation
  • soloist: 1 piano
  • 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes, 3 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 3 percussionists, 1 timpani, 1 harp, 1 celesta, 8 violas, 8 cellos, 6 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 30 August 2008
    Location:

    Suisse, Festival de Lucerne


    Performers:

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard : piano, Orchestre de Cleveland, direction : Frans Welser Möst.