Proclamation
(1973-82)arranged for orchestra from the original piano solo
Duration: 2'
Scoring
3(III=picc).2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.perc-pft-strings
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World Premiere
14/11/1985
New York, New York
New York Philharmonic / Zubin Mehta
Programme Note
For a few years in the early eighties, a manuscript page in pencil sat on Copland's piano stand. It was dated 1973 and bore the title Improvisation. With Copland's permission, pianist Bennett Lerner made the piece into the Proclamation for Piano and gave its premiere in early 1983. During Copland's 85th birthday year, composer Philip Ramey orchestrated Proclamation, also with the composer's authorization.
-Vivian Perlis, 1998
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