Orchestra I:0.0.0.ssax.asax.0-2.2.2.1-perc(1-2):4lg wdbl-pft;
Orchestra II:as orchestra I;
Orchestra III:1(=afl).2afl(II=fl)-2elec.harps(or elec.keyboards)-bass gtr-
hammond org(lg)-perc(1):BD/2sm.tom-t-strings(min:4.0.3.3.2,db=5str);
Orchestra I-II:trumpets, saxophones and pianos are electronically amplified;
Orchestra III:all instruments balanced by electronic amplification
Tech Requirements
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Boosey & Hawkes
Composition for large ensemble with the question how fast is fast. The answer to this consists of escalating processes, propelled by rattling woodblocks and culminating in a hellish machine.
Note by Elmer Schönberger, courtesy of the Louis Andriessen Platform
"Throughout, like an uncontrollable clock, the high-pitched wooden percussion rattles on faster and faster, constantly objectified, contradicted even, by a set of simultaneous but apparently independent musical processes." De Volkskrant
Icebreaker
Decca Argo 4432142
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