general information

composition date
1991-1992
duration
11 min
editor
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas
Dedicatee
à Fred Sherry, avec gratitude et Virgil Blackwell, pour son cinquantième anniversaire.
Opus
26
Commission
Société de Musique de chambre du Lincoln Center, New York, 1992.

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Mixed instrumental ensemble of 5 to 9 instruments)

detailed formation

flute, English horn, clarinet, harp, piano, violin, viola, cello

information about the creation

date
April 26, 1992

New York, Alice Tully Hall

interpreters

le Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, direction : Oliver Knussen.

Program note

Note de programme du concert Cycle voix : vendredi 25 et samedi 26 février 1994, Ircam, Espace de projection, Centre Georges Pompidou, Grande Salle, en pdf sur le site de la médiathèque de l'Ircam (lien vérifié en mars 2010).



Part titles

  • I. Fantastico (Winter’s Foil)
  • II. Maestoso (Prairie Sunset)
  • III. Leggero (First Dandelion)
  • IV. Adagio (Elegiac Arabesques)

recordings

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complete.mp3

Composed by Oliver Knussen , concert on February 26, 1994

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