Augusta Read Thomas (1964)
Violin Concerto #3: "Juggler in Paradise" (2008)
for violin and orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
2008
- Duration: 20 mn
- Publisher: Schirmer
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Composition date:
2008
- Type
- Concertant music [Violin and ensemble of more than 25 instruments]
Detailed formation
- soloist: violin
- 2 flutes (also alto flute), piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, 6 percussions, piano, celesta, 2 harp, 16 violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses
Premiere information
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Date:
16 January 2009
Location:France, Paris, Salle Pleyel
Performers:Frank Peter Zimmermann, violon ; Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France ; Andrey Boreyko, direction.