for orchestra (2015)
12 minutes
Instrumentation
3333 / 4331 / timp / 5 perc / hp / piano (also celesta) / strings
3 Flutes (1st et 2nd also optional Piccolo bars 122 to 132, 3rd also Piccolo), 2 Oboes, 1 English horn, 3 Clarinets in A (2nd also Piccolo Clarinet in E♭, 3rd also Clarinet bass in B♭), 2 Bassoons, 1 Contrabassoon
4 French Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in C (1st also Piccolo Trumpet in A), 3 Trombones, 2 Tubas (2nd optional)
1 Timpani player (5)
5 Percussions players: Vibraphone, China Cymbal (quite high), 4 Metal Blocks (all quite high, 4 different pitches), the 4th very high), Glockenspiel, Tubular Bells (complete set, and an extra optional B♭3, Crotales (2 octaves) with bow, 6 Toms, pair of crash Cymbals (very large), Bass Drum (very low), 3 Triangles (3 different pitches), Tam-tam (very large), 6 Gongs (E♭2, E1, G♯2, B2, D3, A3)
Harp
Piano (also Celesta)
Strings (Double Basses: most, if not all, must have low extension)
Recording
Commission
Commissioned by Roche as part of Roche Young Commissions for Lucerne Festival
First performance
August 23, 2015
Lucerne, Switzerland
Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra
Julien Leroy, conductor
Pairing suggestions
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird; Petrushka; Le sacre du printemps
Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin
Scriabin: Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
Pierre Boulez: Notations for orchestra
Access
Available for hire.
Contact Durand-Salabert-Eschig