general information

composition date
1979-1981
duration
17h
publisher
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas , 50706 9
Opus
20a
Libretto (details, author)

Maurice Sendak

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (1 female voice and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano

harp, 3 flutes (also piccolo), oboe, English horn, 3 clarinets (also Eb clarinet), bassoon, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trombones, 4 percussionists, piano [4 mains], 6 violins, 6 second violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 4 double basses [nombre de cordes minimum]

information about the creation

date
February 14, 1981

BBC Radio 3

interpreters

Jane Manning et le BBC Symphony Orchestra, direction : Oliver Knussen.


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