- General information
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Composition date:
1973
- Duration: 18 mn
- Publisher: Salabert, Paris, nº EAS 17976
- Commission: Kinshi Tsuruta
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Composition date:
1973
- Type
- Concertant music [2 various soloists and ensemble/orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: shakuhachi, ohter plucked strings [biwa]
- 3 flutes (also piccolo, alto flute, bass flute), 2 oboes (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, cornet, 3 trombones, 4 percussionists, 2 harp, celesta, 14 violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, 6 double basses
Premiere information
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Date:
13 September 1973
Location:Japon, Tokyo
Performers:l'Orchestre philharmonique New Japan, Kinshi Tsuruta : biwa, Katsuya Yokohama : shakuachi, direction : Seiji Ozawa.