Triple Music II

Tim Souster

Year

1970, rev.1974


Duration

38'


Instrumentation

orchestra 1: violin I (12), violin II (12), viola (12), violoncello (10), double bass (8); orchestra 2: piano (2), harp (2), celesta, vibraphone, electric organ, bass guitar (all amplified, two players for mixing); orchestra 3: flute (3, plus piccolo), oboe (3), E-flat clarinet, B-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, bassoon, double bassoon (2), horn (6), trumpet (3), trombone (3), tuba


Genre

Orchestra


Commission

Original version (withdrawn) commissioned by the BBC


Premiere

original version: London, United Kingdom, 13 August 1970: BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton, Elgar Howarth and Justin Connolly (cond.)
revised version: Berlin, Germany, 10 December 1974: Berlin Radio Orchestra, Lukas Fis, Peter Eötvös and Bernhardt Kontarsky (cond.)


Source

composer homepage;