Byzantium
composer: Sir Michael Tippett
text writer: William Butler Yeats
for soprano and orchestra
text by W. B. Yeates
Commissioned work: Commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Carnegie Hall in honour of their respective centennials
Premiere: April 10, 1991 · Chicago Symphony Orchestra
April 11, 1991 Chicago, IL, Orchestra Hall (USA) · Faye Robinson, soprano · Conductor: Sir Georg Solti · Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra instrumentation: 3(3pic).2.ca.3(1.Ebcl.3.bcl).2.cbsn-4.2.3.1-7perc(glsp, crot, xyl, vib, bells, tri, clash cym, sus cym, gongs, s.d, b.d, ten d, r. toms, clav, casts, 2wdbl, 3anvils)-2hp.cel.synth-str
Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Duration: 25' 0''
Year of composition: 1989/1990
Language: English
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Sound Clips
Tippett (text, W. B. Yeates) · Byzantium for soprano and orchestra, III Miracle, bird or golden handiwork · sound clip
Recordings
The British Music Collection · Michael Tippett (2001)
Sir Michael Tippett- Concerto for Orchestra
- Little Music - for strings orchestra
- Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
- Concerto for Double String Orchestra
- Fanfare for Brass
- Dance, Clarion Air
- Byzantium
Various, including: London Symphony Orchestra; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Schola Cantorum; Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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470 196-2
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