Gloria Coates (1934-2023)

Symphony No.4 (1984 -1989)

Chiaroscuro, for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1984 - 1989
    • Duration: 27 mn
    • Publisher: Peters
    • Commission: Art Meets Music: Thiele-Zoll
Detailed formation
  • 2 flutes (also piccolo, alto flute), 2 oboes (also English horn), 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones (also bass trombone), tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, harp, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 22 June 1990
    Location:

    Allemagne, Stuttgart, Theaterhaus Stuttgart-Wangen


    Performers:

    Orchestre philharmonique de Stuttgart ; Wolf-Dieter Hauschild, direction

Table of contents

I. Illumination
II. Mystical Plosives
III. Dream Sequence