Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD annum
(1960)Three madrigals recomposed for instruments
Duration: 7'
Scoring
0.2.0.2-4.2.3.0-strings (senza db)
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
World Premiere
27/09/1960
Venice
Orchestra del Teatro la Fenice / Igor Stravinsky
Repertoire Note
Three Gesualdo madrigals recomposed for instruments and premiered in Venice in 1960. It is a companion to the Tres Sacrae Cantiones. Monumentum was later choreographed for the New York City Ballet where Balanchine would always pair it with Movements.
Repertoire note by Jonathan Cross
