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Scoring

3(III=picc).afl.3.corA.3(III=bcl).bcl.3(III=dbn).dbn-6(V,VI=Wagner tuba).4.4.2-timp.perc(4):2tam-t/4susp.cym/crot/vib/bongos/nipple gong/bell tree/marimba/2Chin.cym/4tom-t/BD/mark tree/tpl.bl/tgl/spring coil/TD-2pft(II=organ)-2harp-strings(no violins)

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Publisher

Boosey & Hawkes

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

Availability

World Premiere
10/6/2005
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Philharmonic / Esa-Pekka Salonen
Press Quotes

“The score is sophisticated yet immediately engrossing… The bouncy fanfare figures are not blatant but more like a filigree. The instrumental texture is often fast-moving and complex. A Sibelius sense of mysterious winds blowing everything around is strong at first…In the middle, Sculpture turns into a miniature concerto for orchestra, focusing on different instrumental sections competing to be the most dazzling. At the end the organ came rumbling in, lingering "Zarathustra"-like in its low register. Tubas and other brass instruments took positions around the hall…The piece climaxes with rousing Stravinskyan rhythms. The score's 23 minutes fly by. The performance was spectacular. The orchestral writing is that of a master.”
Los Angeles Times

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Recommended Recording
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Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo
Ondine ODE 1124-2

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