Toshio Hosokawa (1955)

Signs of Spring (2001)

for viola, choir and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2001
    • Duration: 6 mn
    • Publisher: Schott
    • Cycle: Voiceless Voice in Hiroshima (4e partie)
    • Libretto (details, author):

      d’après un texte de Bashô (en japonais)

Detailed formation
  • soloist: viola
  • mixed choir
  • 2 flutes (also 1 alto flute), oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, 4 percussionists, harp, celesta, 16 violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses [ou moins]

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