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Byzantium
for soprano and orchestra
text by W. B. Yeates
soprano and orchestra
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Michael Tippett’s description of what drew him to the longer of W. B. Yeats’ two poems on Byzantium gives us a glimpse of what was going through his mind as the fascination of Byzantium as a mode of self-renewal becomes evident: ‘The crystalline intensity of the poem itself offered a challenge in setting its verbal imagery to music; [and] I identified completely with its emphasis on the notion of artefacts, enshrining values that can be set against the impermanence of the everyday world and the complexities of the human beating heart.’
(Michael Tippett)
(Michael Tippett)
Orchestral Cast
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
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Title:
Byzantium
for soprano and orchestra
text by W. B. Yeates
Language:
English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1989 - 1990
Duration:
25 ′
World Premiere:
April 11, 1991 · Chicago, IL (USA)
Orchestra Hall
Faye Robinson, soprano · Conductor: Sir Georg Solti · Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Hall
Faye Robinson, soprano · Conductor: Sir Georg Solti · Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Carnegie Hall in honour of their respective centennials
Series:
Technical Details
Product number:
LSL 4012-01
Performances
Byzantium
Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury
Orchestra: Slovenian RTV Symphony Orchestra
December 9, 2004 |
Ljubljana (Slovenia) , Gallus Hall
Byzantium
Tippet Festival
Conductor: Richard Armstrong
Orchestra: Göteborgs Symfoniker
November 14, 1997 |
Stockholm (Sweden) , Konserthus
Byzantium
Conductor: Colman Pearce
Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
December 9, 1994 |
Dublin (Ireland) , National Concert Hall
Byzantium
BBC Proms 1991
Conductor: Andrew Davis
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
September 6, 1991 |
London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Royal Albert Hall
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