Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996)

How Slow the Wind (1991)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1991
    • Duration: 11 mn
    • Publisher: Schott, Tokyo, nº SJ 1083
    • Commission: Hope Scott Trust pour le Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Detailed formation
  • piccolo (also alto flute), 1 flute, 2 oboes (also 1 English horn), 2 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 percussionists, 1 harp, piano (also celesta), 8 violins, 6 second violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 2 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 6 November 1991
    Location:

    Royaume-Unis, Glasgow


    Performers:

    le Scottish Chamber Orchestra, direction : Jukka-Pekka Saraste.