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.