Oresteia

composer: Iannis Xenakis
author of original text: Aeschylus

Premiere: 21. August 1987 Gibellina, Sicily
Instrumentation: baritone, mixed choir, children's choir and chamber orchestra
Orchestra instrumentation: Solo Bar; mixed chorus (18 men and 18 women, or multiples thereof) doubling perc: wood simantras/metal simantras/whips/sirens/ metal sheets/maracas; children's chorus 1(=picc).1.0.Ebcl.dbcl.0.dbn-1.1(=picc.tpt).1.1-perc(2):2timp/ 2bongos/SD/very large BD/2wdbl/2lion's roar/2gongs(large and small)/ 2tamb (without jingles)/whip/4t-tom/2nylon brushes (long bristles)/2m aracas/large thunder-sheet/glock-vlc(amplified if necessary) Orchestra (except percussionists) doubling perc:tgls/tambs (of varying pitch, without jingles)/sirens/glass chimes/whips/metal sheets/ lion's roars/rattles Audience plays metal simantras
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, London
Duration: 70' 0''
Year of composition: rev. 1969, 87, 89/92
Edition: score
Language: Greek
142 Pages - Ring/Spiral binding
ISMN: 979-0-060-106
Order number: BH 6401087

Price: 49,95 €