Roger Reynolds (1934)
george WASHINGTON (2013)
for orchestra, three narrators, video and electronics
electronic work
- General information
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Composition date:
2013
- Video, installation (detail, author): Ross Kare (vidéo)
- Duration: 24 mn
- Commission: the National Symphony Orchestra (grâce à une subvention du John and June Hechinger Commissioning Fund)
- Dedication: New Orchestral Works, the Mount Vernon Ladies's Association et l'Université de Californie
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Composition date:
2013
- Type
- Instrumental ensemble music [Instrumental ensemble, one to a part]
Detailed formation
- 2 flutes (also piccolo), alto flute, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, 3 percussionists, piano, harp, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
3 October 2013
Location:4 et 5 octobre 2013, États-Unis, Washington, DC, the J.F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Arts
Performers:le National Symphony Orchestra, direction : Christoph Eschenbach, Josef Kucera : design sonore.
Information on the electronics
RIM (réalisateur(s) en informatique musicale):
Jaime Oliver
Electronic device: temps réel, spatialisation