Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012)

Easter Orisons (1983)

for chamber orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1983
    • Duration: 19 mn
    • Publisher: Faber Music, London
    • Commission: Northern Sinfonia of England avec l'aide du Arts Council of Great Britain
    • Dedication: à Sally Cavender
Detailed formation
  • 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes (also 1 English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, percussionist, 6 violins, 5 second violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos, double bass

Premiere information

  • Date: 15 January 1984
    Location:

    Grande-Bretagne, Newcastle, The playhouse


    Performers:

    le Northern Sinfonia, direction : Stuart Bedford.