- General information
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Composition date :
1981
- Duration : 10 mn
- Publisher : Faber Music
- Commission: Scottish Chamber Orchestra et Aldeburgh Festival
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Libretto (details, author) :
Wallace Stevens : 'The Snow Man'
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Composition date :
1981
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [1 female voice and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloist : 1 solo soprano
- 2 piccolos (also 1 flute), 2 oboes (also 1 English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 1 piccolo trumpet, 1 percussionist, 6 violins, 6 second violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 2 double basses
Premiere information
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Date :
26 June 1981
Location :Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings (Angleterre)
Performers :Teresa Cahill (soprano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, direction: Jerzy Maksymiuk