Terry Riley (1935)

Sun Rings (2001)

for string quartet, choir and sounds recorded in space by NASA

electronic work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2001
    • Duration: 1 h 20 mn
    • Publisher: Associated Music Publishers
    • Commission: NASA
Detailed formation
  • unspecified choir
  • violin, second violin, viola, cello

Premiere information

Information on the electronics
Electronic device: sons fixés sur support

Table of contents

  • Overture
  • Hero Danger
  • BeeBopterismo
  • Planet Elf Sindoori
  • Earth Whistlers
  • Earth/Jupiter Kiss
  • The Electron Cyclotron Frequency Parlour
  • Prayer Central
  • Venus Upstream