general information

composition date
1996
duration
6 min
editor
Hips Road Edition
Dedicatee
Leonard Bernstein

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Triple wind orchestra (or larger))

detailed formation

4 trombones, alto flute (also 4 flutes), 4 oboes, 4 clarinets (also bass clarinet), contrabassoon (also 4 bassoons), 3 horns, 4 trumpets, tuba, 4 percussionists, timpani, piano (also celesta), harp, strings

observations

Présentation de l’éditeur : Breaking the full orchestra into small chamber groups, this enigmatic miniature creates an intimacy rarely heard in modern orchestral music. Written for the 200th anniversary of the New York Philharmonic, and dedicated to Leonard Bernstein.


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