George Crumb (1929-2022)
Celestial Mechanics (1979)
cosmic dance, Makrokosmos IV, for amplified piano four hands
[Mécanique céleste]
electronic work
- General information
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Composition date:
1979
- Duration: 25 mn
- Publisher: Peters, nº P66788
- Cycle: Makrokosmos, IV
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Composition date:
1979
- Type
- Chamber music [Piano 3 or 4 hands]
- piano [à 4 mains]
Premiere information
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Date:
18 November 1979
Location:États-Unis, New York, Alice Tully Hall
Performers:Gilbert Kalish et Paul Jacobs.
Création du cycle Makrokosmos complet le 12 juin 1980 à Buffalo, New York, par Ivar Mikhashoff, Aki Takahashi, Stephen et Frieda Manes : pianos, Jan Williams et Lynn Harbold : percussion.
Information on the electronics
Electronic device: amplification
Observations
Enregistrement : Bojan Gorisek et Tatiana Ognjanovic, 1 cd Audiophile Classics 103301, 1997 ; Robert Nasveld et Jacob Bogaart, 1 cd Attacca Babel 9371/2, 1993.
Table of contents
I. Alpha Centauri
II. Beta Cygni
III. Gamma Draconis
IV. Delta Orionis