Tan Dun (1957)

Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds (2015)

for orchestra and smartphones

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2015
    • Duration: 12 mn
    • Publisher: Schirmer
    • Commission: Carnegie Hall
Detailed formation
  • 2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists, 2 harp [ou 1 harpe] , strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 10 July 2015
    Location:

    New York, Purchase College


    Performers:

    National Youth Orchestra of the United States ; Charles Dutoit, direction