general information

composition date
2008
duration
7 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
aux musiciens de l'Orchestre symphonique de Boston

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Instrumental ensemble, one to a part)

detailed formation

trombone, trumpet, horn, bassoon, clarinet, oboe, flute, harp, vibraphone, celesta, strings

information about the creation

date
May 11, 2008

États-Unis, Boston, Jordan Hall

interpreters

l'Orchestre symphonique de Boston.

observations

Autre version existante : ZZ's Dream pour piano.

Program note

Once upon a time, I, Zhuang Zhou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Zhou. Soon I awoke, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.



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