general information

composition date
2007
duration
22 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Commission
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

type

Concertant music (4 or more soloists and ensemble/orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
cello

shakuhachi [Silk Road Ensemble], sheng - sho - mouth organ [amplifié, Silk Road Ensemble], nay [Silk Road Ensemble], bagpipe [de Galice, amplifiée, Silk Road Ensemble], pipa [Silk Road Ensemble], 2 percussionists [Silk Road Ensemble], kamancheh [amplifié, Silk Road Ensemble], 2 violins [Silk Road Ensemble], cello [Silk Road Ensemble], viola [Silk Road Ensemble], 4 flutes (also 3 piccolos, 3 alto flutes), 3 oboes (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also 2 contrabass clarinets), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns (also shofar [dernier mouvement]), 3 trumpets (also trumpet [en ré], shofar [dernier mouvement]), 3 trombones (also bass trombone, contrabass trombone, shofar [dernier mouvement]), tuba (also shofar [dernier mouvement]), 3 percussionists, harp, strings

information about the creation

date
April 12, 2007

États-Unis, Chicago, Symphony Hall

interpreters

Yo-Yo Ma : violoncelle, le Silk Road Ensemble, le Chicago Symphony Orchestra, direction : Miguel Harth-Bedoya.


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