Elliott Carter (1908-2012)

Adagio Tenebroso (1995)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1995
    • Duration: 20 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Cycle: Symphonia : Sum Fluxae Pretiam Spei
Detailed formation
  • 3 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (also 1 Eb clarinet), bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 13 September 1995
    Location:

    Royaume-Uni, Londres, Royal Albert Hall, BBC Proms


    Performers:

    l'Orchestre symphonique de la BBC, direction : Andrew Davis.