Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
Keizu - Family Tree (1992)
Musical Verses for Young People, for narrator and orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
1992
- Duration: 25 mn
- Publisher: Schott, Tokyo, nº SJ 1158
- Cycle: Trees
- Commission: Société Philharmonique de New York pour son 150e anniversaire
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Libretto (details, author):
Shuntaro Tanikawa, traduit en anglais par William I. Elliott et Kazuo Kawamura.
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Composition date:
1992
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [1 voice (other) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- 3 flutes (also 1 piccolo, 1 alto flute), 3 oboes (also 1 English horn), 3 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 4 percussionists, 2 harp, 1 celesta, 14 violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, 6 double basses
Premiere information
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Date:
20 April 1995
Location:New York
Performers:Sarah Hicks, Orchestre philharmonique de New York, direction : Leonard Slatkin.
Table of contents
- One upon a time
- Grandpa
- Grandma
- Dad
- Mam
- A Distant Place