for orchestra (2017)
40 minutes
Instrumentation
3333 / 4331 / timp / 3 perc / 2 hp / piano (also celesta) / optional organ / strings
3 Flutes (3rd also Piccolo), 3 Oboes (3rd also English Horn), 3 Clarinets in B♭ (1st and 2nd also Clarinets in A; 2nd also Clarinet in E♭; 3rd also Bass Clarinet), 2 Bassoons, Contrabassoon
4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in C (1st also Trumpet in B♭ and optional Piccolo Trumpet in B♭), 2 Tenor Trombones, Bass Trombone, Tuba
1 Timpani player
3 Percussion players: 2 Bass Drums, Bongos, Crotales, Chinese Cymbal, Small Suspended Cymbal, Medium Cymbal, Very Large Suspended Cymbal, Very Large Cymbals, 3 Polystyrene Blocks, Tambourine, Tam-tam, Tenor Drum, 5 Tom-toms, 3 Triangles, Vibraphone, Whip, 5 Wood Blocks, Xylophone
2 Harps
Piano (also Celesta)
Organ (optional)
Strings (Double Basses: most, if not all, must have low extension)
Recording
This work has been designed as a concert work. No staging is necessary.
Dedication
Dedicated to Kent Nagano and to the members of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Commission
Commissioned by Orchestre symphonique de Montréal to celebrate the 375th anniversary of Montréal
First performance
May 31, 2017
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Maison symphonique
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Kent Nagano, conductor
Pairing suggestions
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
Access
Available for hire.
Contact Nicolas Farmer: nicolas.farmer(a)samymoussa.com