Augusta Read Thomas (1964)

Gathering Paradise (2004)

for soprano and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2004
    • Duration: 28 mn
    • Publisher: Schirmer
    • Commission: New York Philharmonic
Detailed formation
  • soloist: soprano
  • 3 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes (also English horn), 4 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets (also piccolo trumpet), 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussions, piano (also celesta), harp, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 29 September 2004

    Performers: New York Philharmonic ; Lorin Maazel, direction.