Terry Riley (1935)

The Sands (1991)

for string quartet and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1991
    • Duration: 30 mn 30 s
    • Publisher: Associated Music Publishers
    • Commission: Festival de Salzbourg
Detailed formation
  • soloists: violin, second violin, viola, cello
  • flute, alto flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, 2 percussionists, piano, strings

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Table of contents

  • The Sands
  • Mirage
  • Rubberlady’s Theme Music
  • Ebony Horns