Roger Reynolds (1934)

The Red Act Arias (1997)

for choir, orchestra, narrator and electronics

electronic work

  • General information
    • Composition date : 1997
    • Duration : 47 mn
    • Publisher : Peters
    • Commission: BBC Radio 3 for the BBC Promenade Concerts
    • Libretto (details, author) :

      Eschyle, Agamemnon, texte édité par Roger Reynolds à partir de la traduction de Richmond Lattimore.

Detailed formation
  • narrator, unspecified choir, 2 piccolos (also 4 flutes), 3 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, Eb clarinet (also clarinet), bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, 4 percussionists, piano, cello, harp, strings

Premiere information

  • Date : 4 August 1997
    Location :

    Royaume-Uni, Londres, Royal Albert Hall


    Performers :

    Harriet Walker : narratrice, le BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers, direction : Leonard Slatkin.

Information on the electronics
Electronic device : sons fixés sur support, spatialisation (8 canaux)