Music Text
Shakespeare (Sonnet 71), Requiem Mass
Scoring
4.2.corA.2(II=bcl).bcl.ssax.2.dbn-4.4.3.1-timp(=2 desk bells)-perc(3):6 h.bells/glsp/vib/t.bells/4 tuned gongs/wdbl(lg)/wooden cube(lg)/hammer/4tom-t/BD(lg)-harp-pft(=cel)-strings
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World Premiere
22/10/2004
Philharmonie, Berlin
Berliner Philharmoniker / Rundfunkchor Berlin / Simon Rattle
Press Quotes
“A luxurious orchestra, a bold text, musical material at times voluptuously bathing in tumultuous sounds, cool and transparent a cappella passages…”
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