Gloria Coates (1934-2023)

Symphony No.1 (Music on open Strings) (1972 -1973)

for string orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1972 - 1973
    • Duration: 18 mn
    • Publisher: Peters
    • Dedication: to the memory of Alexander Tcherepnin
Detailed formation
  • strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 20 September 1978
    Location:

    Pologne, Varsovie, Philharmonic Hall, Festival d’automne de Varsovie


    Performers:

    Orchestre de chambre de Pologne ; Jerzy Maksymiuk, direction

Observations

Troisième mouvement composé en 1974.

Table of contents

I. Theme and Transformation
II. Scherzo
III. Scordatura
IV. Refracted Mirror Canon for Fourteen Lines