Augusta Read Thomas (1964)
Sonorous Earth (2017)
for percussion quartet playing bells from around the world (approximately 300 pieces of metal) and chamber orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
2017
- Duration: 7 mn 20 s
- Publisher: Nimbus Music Publishing
- Commission: Chicago Philharmonic Society ; Eugene Symphony Association
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Composition date:
2017
- Type
- Concertant music [Percussion and ensemble/orchestra]
Detailed formation
- 4 percussionists [cloches] , piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (also 2 bass clarinets), 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 percussions, harp, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
12 November 2017
Location:États-Unis, Chicago (IL), Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Performers:Third Coast Percussion ; The Chicago Philharmonic ; Scott Speck, direction.
Table of contents
- INVOCATION — PULSE RADIANCE (Homage to Olivier Messiaen and Igor Stravinsky)
- PRAYER — STAR DUST ORBITS (Homage to Luciano Berio and Pierre Boulez)
- MANTRA — CEREMONIAL TIME SHAPES—- (Homage to Lou Harrison and György Ligeti)
- REVERIE — CRYSTAL LATTICE (Homage to Edgard Varèse, Harry Partch and John Cage)