general information

composition date
1998
duration
16 min
editor
Chester Music
Opus
194
Commission
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, pour son 25e anniversaire
Libretto (details, author)

Texte : The Sea: Four Elegies de George Mackay Brown.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone

2 flutes (also piccolo, alto flute), 2 oboes, clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani

information about the creation

date
December 3, 1998

Royaume-Uni, Edimbourg, Queen's Hall

interpreters

Lisa Tyrrell, soprano, Margaret McDonald, mezzo-soprano, Neil Mackie tenor, David Wilson-Johnson, baryton, Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, direction.


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