Gloria Coates (1934-2023)

Fragment from Leonardo's Notebooks "Fonte di Rimini" (Sinfonia Brevis) (1976)

for choir and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1976
      Revision dates: 1984
    • Duration: between 11 mn and 12 mn
    • Commission: Matthias Kuntzsch
    • Libretto (details, author):

      textes de Léonard de Vinci

Detailed formation
  • mixed choir [SATB]
  • 2 flutes (also piccolo, alto flute), 2 oboes (also English horn), 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones (also bass trombone), tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists, harp, 2 violins, 2 second violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, 2 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 25 August 1984
    Location:

    Allemagne, Bayreuth, City Hall Auditorium, International Youth Festival


    Performers:

    International Youth Orchestra ; Matthias Kuntzsch, direction