general information

composition date
1967
duration
5 min
editor
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas
Opus
79
Commission
'Written for the opening of The Maltings Concert Hall, Snape'
Libretto (details, author)

Psaume 127 adapté à partir de The Whole Book of Psalms

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Double wind orchestra)

detailed formation

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets [ou 3], 2 trombones [ou 3], tuba, percussionist, timpani, organ [ad lib.]

information about the creation

date
June 2, 1967

Aldeburgh Festival, Snape, opening of The Maltings Concert Hall

interpreters

English Chamber Orchestra, Chorus of East Anglian, direction : Benjamin Britten.

observations

Le chœur peut être remplacé ou doublé par un orgue, ou par des cuivres en plus (une troisième trompette et un troisième trombone).


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