Nico Muhly (1981)

Pleasure Ground (2014)

for baritone and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2014
    • Duration: 20 mn
    • Publisher: St. Rose Music Publishing
    • Commission: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra et The MusicNOW Festival en l'honneur de Louis Langrée
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Frederick Law Olmsted

Detailed formation
  • soloist: baritone
  • 2 flutes, 2 piccolos (also alto flute), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, 3 percussionists, piano (also celesta), harp, strings

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