- General information
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Composition date:
1991 - 1992
- Duration: 11 mn
- Publisher: Faber Music, Londres
- Opus: 25a
- Commission: Fondation Amphion
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Composition date:
1991 - 1992
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [1 female voice and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloist: 1 solo soprano
- 3 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 1 oboe, 1 English horn, 2 clarinets, 1 contrabass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 4 percussionists, 1 harp, 1 celesta [4 mains] , 12 violins, 10 second violins, 8 violas, 6 cellos, 6 double basses [nombre de cordes minimum]
Premiere information
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Date:
5 March 1992
Location:Londres, Barbican
Performers:Lucy Shelton : soprano et l'orchestre symphonique de la BBC, direction : Oliver Knussen.