Waiting for the wind

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Waiting for the wind (1998)

for voice and Javanese gamelan

by Salvatore Sciarrino (1947)

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general information

composition date: 1998
duration: 10min
editor: Ricordi
Dedicatee: à mon frère Giovanni
Commission: South Bank Centre
Libretto (details, author): trois fragments d'Helen Luke

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice and ensemble of up to 9 instruments)

detailed formation

Soloist: unspecified soloist voice

gamelan

information about the creation

date: April 25, 1998
: Royaume-Uni, Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
interpreters: les South Bank Gamelan Players.

observations

Sur la gamme Pelog ; instruments : suling et rebab concertants, gender panerus, gender barung, slenthem, bonang panerus, bonang barung, peking, saron, demung, kenong, kempul, gong ageng, gambang, siter panerus, siter barung, kendang (small, medium, large).

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