Gilbert Amy (1936)

Choros (1989)

for countertenor, tenor, bass-baritone, large mixed choir and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1989
    • Duration: 35 mn
    • Publisher: Amphion, Paris
    • Commission: Festival Berlioz de Lyon 1989
    • Libretto (details, author):

      d'après Tiriel de William Blake

Detailed formation
  • soloists: solo countertenor, solo tenor, solo bass-baritone
  • mixed choir
  • 4 flutes, 5 oboes (also English horn), 5 clarinets, 5 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists, 16 violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 29 September 1989
    Location:

    France, Lyon.