John Adams (1947)

Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986)

fanfare for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date : 1986
    • Duration : 4 mn
    • Publisher : Boosey & Hawkes
Detailed formation
  • 2 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 2 oboes (also 2 English horns), 4 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 1 percussionist, 2 electronic/MIDI keyboards/synthesizers [ad lib.] , strings

Premiere information

  • Date : 13 June 1986
    Location :

    États-Unis, Massachusetts, Mansfield


    Performers :

    l'orchestre symphonique de Pittsburgh, directioin : Michael Tilson Thomas.