general information

composition date
1991-1992
duration
11 min
editor
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas
Opus
25a
Commission
Fondation Amphion

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (1 female voice and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano

4 horns, 2 trumpets, 4 percussionists, harp, celesta [4 mains], 12 violins, 3 flutes (also piccolo), oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, contrabass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 10 second violins, 8 violas, 6 cellos, 6 double basses [nombre de cordes minimum]

information about the creation

date
March 5, 1992

Londres, Barbican

interpreters

Lucy Shelton : soprano et l'orchestre symphonique de la BBC, direction : Oliver Knussen.


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