Baroque Variations No. 3

On a Bach Prelude (Phorion)

Lukas Foss

Year

1967


Duration

10'


Instrumentation

3(III=picc).2.2.3.asax.1 - 3.3.1(=ttbn).1 - 4perc-epft-eorg-egtr - 3.3.3.3.3 (min.)


Genre

Orchestra


Commission

Association of Women's Committees for Symphony Orchestra


Premiere

New York, NY, USA, Philharmonic Hall (later renamed Avery Fisher Hall), 27 April 1967: New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (cond.)


Publisher

Carl Fischer Music


Comment

aleatoric version


Source

SF Symphony program notes; Carl Fischer website;