Vivier, Claude: Greeting Music (1978) 14'
for piano, flute, oboe, cello and percussion
Scoring
fl.ob-perc:tam-t(lg)/plastic box/vib/marimba/t.bells/flex/rattle/BD-pft-vlc.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
2/25/1979
Vancouver, BC
Days Months and Years to Come / Patrick Wedd
Composer's Notes Deutsch Français
Greeting Music is in fact a very sad piece. It should be entirely performed with no expression in the face…and the body should just do the movements it needs to perform…the five performers should look more like zombies. The piece is somehow related to a hopeless world where nothing is to be done nor felt.
— Claude Vivier
Reproduction Rights:
This program note may be reproduced free of charge in concert programs with a credit to the composer.
Recommended Recording
L'Ensemble de la SMCQ / Walter Boudreau
ATMA ACD 2 2252
Click here to purchase this album from Amazon.
for piano, flute, oboe, cello and percussion
Scoring
fl.ob-perc:tam-t(lg)/plastic box/vib/marimba/t.bells/flex/rattle/BD-pft-vlc.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
2/25/1979
Vancouver, BC
Days Months and Years to Come / Patrick Wedd
Composer's Notes Deutsch Français
Greeting Music is in fact a very sad piece. It should be entirely performed with no expression in the face…and the body should just do the movements it needs to perform…the five performers should look more like zombies. The piece is somehow related to a hopeless world where nothing is to be done nor felt.
— Claude Vivier
Reproduction Rights:
This program note may be reproduced free of charge in concert programs with a credit to the composer.
Recommended Recording
L'Ensemble de la SMCQ / Walter Boudreau
ATMA ACD 2 2252
Click here to purchase this album from Amazon.
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