Etudes and elegies

Turnage, M.-A. (2002) Etudes and elegies. [Composition]

Abstract

For large orchestra, duration 35 minutes. This work was commissioned by the BBC and written for the BBC Symphony Orchestra as Associate Composer. It was premiered on 18 January 2003 at the Barbican Hall, London, conducted by Leonard Slatkin. A recording is available by Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie conducted by Kazushi Ono, see https://www.discogs.com/Turnage-Rihm-George-Benjamin-Etudes-Elegies-Canzona-Per-Sonare-Cuts-And-Dissolves-Olicantus/release/15569289. The three movements are also available separately: A Quick Blast (2002) for wind, brass, and percussion, see http://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1937/; Uninterrupted Sorrow (2001) for large orchestra, see http://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1938/; and A Quiet Life (2002) for string orchestra, see http://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1939/.

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