Text by e.e. cummings and Boethius.
Solo bass, women’s chorus, orchestra and electronics.
4 flutes (3 & 4 doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 Bb clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon
4 horns, 1 trumpet in D, 2 trumpets in Bb, 3 trombones, tuba
5 timpani (1 player)
4 percussion: 1. crotales (2 octaves), marimba, bass drum; 2. glockenspiel, 1 pair of log drums, tubular bells, 1 timbale; 3. vibraphone (& bow), gong; 4. suspended cymbal (medium), suspended cymbal (small), tam-tam (large 40″), 1 pair of bongos
Celesta
Harp
Strings
Electronics
Duration 40′.
Full score on sale, orchestral material on hire.
Composer: | ROXBURGH, Edwin |
Title: | GALILEO |
Instrument: | soloist(s), choir & orchestra |