Hymn for orchestra (2024)
12 minutes
Instrumentation
3333 / 4231 / timp / 3 perc / hp / strings
Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 1 English Horn, 2 Clarinets in B♭, 1 Bass Clarinet in B♭, 2 Bassoons, 1 Contrabassoon
4 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in C, 2 Tenor Trombones, 1 Bass Trombone, 1 Tuba
1 Timpani player
3 Percussion, Glockenspiel, Crotales, Tam-tam (responsive, but at least 150 cm / 60′′), Pair of Cymbals (small and delicate, Pair of Cymbals (very large but very responsive), Xylophone, Crotales, Bass Drum (very large, resonant and deep), 3 Metal Tubes (different pitches, but all very high)
1 Harp (can be doubled)
Strings (Double Basses: most, if not all, must have low extension)
Recording
Commission
Jointly commissioned by Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Dedication
Nikoloz Rachveli
First performance
April 25, 2024
Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Manfred Honeck, conductor
Pairing suggestions
Jean Sibelius: Tapiola
Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l’Oye
Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
Bedřich Smetana: Má Vlast
Giya Kancheli: Symphonies
Anton Bruckner: Symphonies
Richard Wagner: excerpts from Parsifal
Access
Available for hire.
Contact Nicolas Farmer: nicolas.farmer(a)samymoussa.com