for chamber orchestra (2006/2008)
11 minutes
Instrumentation
1*12*1 / 1110 / 2 perc / piano / strings (minimum: 11111)
Flute (also piccolo and bass flute (optional)), 1 Oboe, 1 Clarinet in Eb (also clarinet in Bb), 1 Bass clarinet in Bb (also clarinet in Bb), 1 Bassoon
1 Horn in F, 1 Trumpet in C (also piccolo trumpet ad lib.), 1 Trombone
2 Percussion players: 2 Bass drums (as deep and sonorous as possible), Snare drum, Tam-tam (very large), China cymbal (as sonorous as possible), Very high Wood block (substitute Claves if no wood block is high enough), Timpano (31”) in F2, Vibraphone, Crotales, Glockenspiel
1 Piano
Strings (minimum) : 1 Violin I, 1 Violin II, 1 Viola, 1 Violoncello, 1 Double Bass
Recording
First performance
First performance of the 2008 revised version:
April 6, 2008
Ludwigshafen, Germany
Gesellschaftshaus der BASF AG
Ensemble of the „Heidelberger Atelier“
Samy Moussa, conductor
First performance of the 2006 version:
November 17, 2006
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Salle Claude-Champagne
Ensemble Prima
Mélanie Léonard, conductor
Pairing suggestions
Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1
Gérard Grisey: Partiels
Giacinto Scelsi: Quattro pezzi su una nota sola
Edgard Varèse: Déserts
Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1
John Adams: Chamber Symphony
Access
Available for hire.
Contact Nicolas Farmer: nicolas.farmer(a)samymoussa.com