Uninterrupted sorrow

Turnage, M.-A. (2001) Uninterrupted sorrow. [Composition]

Abstract

For large orchestra, duration 15 minutes. This work was commissioned by the BBC and written for the BBC Symphony Orchestra as Associate Composer. It was premiered on 1 August 2002, conducted by Andrew Davies as part of the BBC Proms. This piece is also No. 2 from Etudes and Elegies (see http://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1927/), and the set of three pieces were first performed together on 18 January 2003 at the Barbican Hall, London, conducted by Leonard Slatkin. For a recording of the full set of pieces 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.

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