John Adams (1947)

My Father Knew Charles Ives (2003)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2003
    • Duration: 28 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Commission: Orchestre symphonique de San Fransisco
Detailed formation
  • 1 piccolo, 3 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 3 oboes, 1 English horn, 3 clarinets (also 1 Eb clarinet), 1 bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 4 horns, 4 trumpets [en ut] , 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 1 timpani, 4 percussionists, 1 harp, 1 piano, 16 violins, 14 second violins, 10 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 20 April 2003
    Location:

    États-Unis, San Francisco, Davies Hall


    Performers:

    l'orchestre symphonique de San Francisco, direction : Michael Tilson Thomas.

Table of contents

  •  I. Concord
  • II. The Lake
  • III. The Mountain