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Chevaux-de-frise

for orchestra
orchestra
Edition: Performance material

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Description

Chevaux-de-fries were barriers of metal spikes designed to defend against cavalry charges in the seventeenth century.  The piece is aggressive in nature and was written to mark the four-hundredth anniversary of the Spanish Armarda, which suffered considerable losses as it retreated round the west coast of Ireland.

Orchestral Cast

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More Information

Title:
Chevaux-de-frise
for orchestra
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1987
Duration:
19 ′
World Premiere:
August 15, 1988 · London (UK)
Royal Albert Hall
BBC Proms 1988
Conductor: Robert Houlihan · Ulster Orchestra

Commissioned work :
Commissioned by the BBC

Technical Details

Product number:
LSL 10380

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  • Chevaux-de-frise
    Conductor: Thomas Adès
    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
    September 11, 2022 | Berlin (Germany) , Philharmonie
  • Chevaux-de-frise
    Conductor: Thomas Adès
    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
    September 10, 2022 | Berlin (Germany) , Philharmonie
  • Chevaux-de-frise
    Conductor: Thomas Adès
    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia
    June 6, 2017 | London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Barbican Hall
    19:30
  • Chevaux-de-frise
    Summer Sounds 2014
    Conductor: Dima Slobodeniouk
    Orchestra: Avanti! Chamber Orchestra
    June 26, 2014 | Porvoo (Finland) , Art Factory — National Premiere
  • Chevaux-de-frise
    Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury
    Orchestra: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
    March 9, 2014 | Dublin (Ireland) , National Concert Hall
    15:00
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