general information

composition date
1995-1996
revisition date
2006
duration
35 min
editor
Ricordi
Commission
Betty Freeman pour Next Generation de Salzburger Festspiele, 1996

type

Concertant music (Piano and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
piano

bass flute (also 4 flutes, 2 piccolos, alto flute), 4 oboes (also English horn), 2 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), 4 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 4 trombones (also bass trombone), tuba, 4 percussionists, 2 harp, 16 violins, 16 second violins, 8 violas, 8 cellos, 8 double basses, 2 A clarinets

information about the creation

date
August 17, 1996

États-Unis, Cleveland

interpreters

Pierre-Laurent Aimard : piano et l'Orchestre symphonique de Cleveland, direction : Christof von Dohnányi.

Part titles

  1. Sizzling
  2. Volatile: hazy presto
  3. Ken Saro-Wiwa in memoriam: peacefully stormy

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