Worldes Blis
(1966-69)Motet for orchestra on a 13th century English monody
Duration: 37'
Scoring
2.picc.2.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp(2).perc(5):I=wdbl/cym/susp.cym/SD/tpl.bl/2whips/glsp/xyl; II:claves/
wdbl/cym/SD/tpl.bl/anvil/handbells/scaffolding struck with metal hammer; III=wdbl/cym/2tam-t/TD/
t.bells; IV=BD/wdbl/cym/pft(upright with action removed); V=BD/cym/wdbl/2susp.cym-2harps-
chamber organ-strings
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World Premiere
28/08/1969
Royal Albert Hall, London
BBC Symphony Orchestra / Peter Maxwell Davies
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