Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)

Suite Gogol (1980)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1980
    • Duration: 37 mn
    • Publisher: Hans Sikorski
Detailed formation
  • flute (also piccolo), oboe (also English horn), 2 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), bassoon (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba, 5 percussionists, harp, celesta, piano [préparé] , harpsichord, organ, electric guitar, electric bass guitar, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 5 December 1980
    Location:

    Royaume-Uni, Londres


    Performers:

    BBC Symphony Orchestra, Guennadi Rojdestvenski, direction.

Observations

Suite pour la mise en scène de Youri Lioubimov du Revizor de Nicolaï Gogol.

Les mouvements de cette œuvre ont été repris dans Esquisses.