Alvin Singleton (1940)

56 Blows (quis Custodiet Custodes?) (1994)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1994
    • Duration: 12 mn
    • Publisher: Schott
    • Commission: Philadelphia Orchestra, sous la direction de Wolfgang Sawallisch
Detailed formation
  • 3 flutes (also piccolo), 3 oboes (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, harp, piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 13 January 1994
    Location:

    États-Unis, Philadelphia, The Academy of Music


    Performers:

    Philadelphia Orchestra ; David Loebel, direction