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Birtwistle, Harrison

26 Orpheus Elegies

(2003-04)
for oboe, harp and countertenor
Duration: 40'
Music Text
Deutsch

Rilke (G)

Scoring

Individual movements may be selected.

Abbreviations (PDF)

Publisher

Boosey & Hawkes

Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.

World premiere incomplete
7/4/2003
Pillar Room, Town Hall, Cheltenham
Melinda Maxwell, oboe, Helen Tunstall, harp, Andrew Watts, countertenor
World premiere incomplete
7/3/2004
St Andrews Church, Toddington
Andrew Watts, counter tenor / Endymion
World premiere complete
8/29/2004
Lukaskirche, Lucerne
Heinz Holliger, ob / Ursula Holliger, harp / Andrew Watts, counter-ten /

Subjects
Myth / Legend Death / Mourning Composing / Singing
Recommended Recording
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Melinda Maxwell, ob; cor / Claire Seaton, sop / Andrew Watts, cten / William Stafford & Tom Verity, cl & bcl / Helen Tunstall, hrp / Ben Fullbrook, marimba
Oboe Classics CC 2020

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