general information

composition date
1979-1981
duration
17 min
editor
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas
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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