Birtwistle, Harrison: In Broken Images (2011/12) 20'
after the antiphonal music of Gabrieli, for ensemble
Scoring
2(I,II=picc).2.2(I=Ebcl,II=bcl).bcl(=dbcl).2(II=dbn)-0.3(III=picc.tpt).2.btrbn.0-perc(3):3xyl/15wdbl/12bongos/6tom-t/BD(sm)(or tom-t(lo)/3lion's roar(lo)/bamboo guiro/hi-hat/tamb/castanet machine-strings(3.0.3.3.0).
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
9/5/2011
MITO Settembre Musica, Teatro Dal Verme, Milano
London Sinfonietta / David Atherton
Press Quotes
"The work's four instrumental groups – woodwind, brass, strings and percussion – echo and react to each other as though in a latter-day Gabrieli canzona. ...the way in which his blocks of musical material move in and out of focus, become submerged and resurface again in different forms, or just occasionally combine into gestures of seismic intensity, still seems the product of a mysterious ritual of which the audience only experiences one element."
The Guardian
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Birtwistle: London Sinfonietta explores In Broken Images
Andriessen & Birtwistle: premieres in Milan and Turin
after the antiphonal music of Gabrieli, for ensemble
Scoring
2(I,II=picc).2.2(I=Ebcl,II=bcl).bcl(=dbcl).2(II=dbn)-0.3(III=picc.tpt).2.btrbn.0-perc(3):3xyl/15wdbl/12bongos/6tom-t/BD(sm)(or tom-t(lo)/3lion's roar(lo)/bamboo guiro/hi-hat/tamb/castanet machine-strings(3.0.3.3.0).
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
9/5/2011
MITO Settembre Musica, Teatro Dal Verme, Milano
London Sinfonietta / David Atherton
Press Quotes
"The work's four instrumental groups – woodwind, brass, strings and percussion – echo and react to each other as though in a latter-day Gabrieli canzona. ...the way in which his blocks of musical material move in and out of focus, become submerged and resurface again in different forms, or just occasionally combine into gestures of seismic intensity, still seems the product of a mysterious ritual of which the audience only experiences one element."
The Guardian
News stories for this title :
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