- General information
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Composition date:
1991
- Duration: 30 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Commission: Mrs. Ralph Dorman.
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Composition date:
1991
- Type
- Instrumental ensemble music [Triple wind orchestra (or larger)]
Detailed formation
- 3 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 2 oboes, 1 English horn, 3 clarinets (also 1 Eb clarinet, 1 bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets (also 2 flugerlhorns), 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 5 percussionists, 2 electronic/MIDI keyboards/synthesizers [keyboard samplers] , 1 harp, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
11 November 1991
Location:États-Unis, San Francisco, Davies Hall
Performers:l'orchestre symphonique de San Francisco, direction : John Adams.
Observations
- Part I. The Machine in the Garden
- Part II. Soledades