F. 2 Orch., 3 Pos. U. Celesta. Par URBANNER ERICH. 2Orch 3Pos Celesta/ Répertoire / Orchestre

Aulis Sallinen’s Symphony No.7 is related to J.R.R. Tolkien’s great novel 'The Lord of the Rings.' The symphony does not actually depict the events in the novel; rather it is a musical expression of the literary atmosphere and poetry. The symphony was commissioned by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and composed in 1995-6. Orchestration: 3 Flutes 3 Oboes 3 Clarinets in B flat 3 Bassoons 4 Horns in F 4 Trumpets in B flat 3 Trombones Tuba Timpani Percussion Celesta Harp Strings. The duration of the work is 25 minutes full score and orchestral material is available for hire.

Orchestral Score. Instrumentation.     3 Flutes (3=Piccolo) 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets in B - 2 Bassoons(2=Contrabassoon) 4 Horns in F 2 Trumpets in C 2 Trombones Tuba Timpani (1 set) Percussion (3 players) TamtamCrotales Vibraphone Glass Chimes Bass Drum Tamtam Bass Drum Marimba 3 Gongs (G+ A B) Harp Celesta Strings The score is transposed.Crotales sound two octaves higher than writtenDuration: c. 6 minutesOrchestral parts areavailable on hire from the publisher

Par TAKEMITSU TORU. Détails de la formation instrumentale: 3 (2. auch Picc., 3. auch Alt Flûte Traversière ) · 3 (3. auch Engl. Hr.) · 3 (1. auch Es-Klar., 3. auch Bassklar.) · 2 · Kfg. - 4 · cornet · 3 · 3 · 1 - Percussion (5tomt · 2susp.cym · b.dr · tamt · cym.ant · vibr · xyl) (4 players)- 2 harps · celesta - Str. (16 · 14 · 12 · 10 · 8) - Durée: 6' -/ Répertoire / Orchestre

Premiered by The New York Philharmonic conducted by Lorin Maazel at Avery Fisher Hall Lincoln Center New York City 10th June 2004. Orchestration 3 Flutes 3rd dbl. Piccolo2 Oboes1 English Horn in F3 Clarinets in Bb 3rd dbl. Bas Clarinet in Bb2 Bassoons1 Contra Bassoon4 Horns in F3 Trumpets in Bb3 Trombones1 Tuba1 (set of) Timpani2 Percussion (two players)1: Bass Drum (large) Chinese Cymbal Mark Tree2: TamTam (large) Vibraphone Antique Cymbal1 Harp1 Piano dbl. CelestaStringsAll non-octave transposing instruments are notated in their relevanttranspositions.Horns notated in bass clef sound a fourth above the notated pitch.All accidentals apply to each single note only except tied notes. Naturals for 'safety'. Programme Note This piece marks the conclusion of what could now be called 'The Nightshade Trilogy' three pieces which explore the contrasting worlds of Light and Darkness. As opposed to the earlier chamber work Nightshade which dealt with extremes of high and low pitches and the chamber orchestra composition Second Nightshade a two-fold piece contrasting darkness/anxiety and light/calm Final Nightshade for full symphony orchestra takes us on a journey in which the forces of dark and light struggle - and co-exist - in a predominantly polyphonic web with brooding undertones. The melodic point-of-departure is not surprisingly to be found in either of the two preceding pieces of the Trilogy but in an older piece Corpus Cum Figuris from 1985. Over the ensuing years I've dreamt on and off of 'doing something' with the opening measures of this older work perhaps even building a new composition on that very simple inward-looking time was ripe and there's a nice nostalgia angle to the idea: Corpus Cum Figuris was the first piece of mine to be

Premiered at the festival 'Magma Berlin 2002' by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Robertson 29th November 2002.3 Flutes 1st and 2nd also Alto Flutes in G 3rd also Piccolo3 Oboes 3rd also Cor Anglais in F3 Clarinets in Bb 3rd also Bass Clarinet in Bb3 Bassoons 3rd also Contra Bassoon4 Horn in F3 Trumpets in Bb3 Trombones1 TubaTimpani4 Percussion four playersPlayer 1 - Vibraphone Glockenspiel Water Chime Bell Tree Japanese Wood Blocks Cymbal (Suspended) TamTam (Medium)Player 2 - Triangle Tubular Bells Crotales Marimba Chinese CymbalPlayer 3 - TamTam (Large) Java Gong(Large very low) Bell Lyra (Handheld) Sizzle CymbalPlayer 4 - Bass Drum Glockenspiel Xylophone1 Harp1 Piano also CelestaStrings - 16/14/12/10/8All transposing instruments are notated in their relevant transpositions.Any accidental apply only to the note that it immediately precedes except tied notes.Naturals appear occasionally 'for safety'.'LISTENING EARTH' is a symphonic drama a one- movement composition in four parts based on the work by two writers Joseph Addison (1672-1719) and W.H.Auden (1907-1973). Joseph Addison is not particularly well known; he was English a classical scholar essayist poet and politician but one of his hymns was used by Benjamin Britten. in his setting of a Thomas Tallis canon.The hymn is singularly beautiful and being a composer always inspired by extramusical stimuli such as poems nature paintings I was immediately convinced when I carne across the Addison hymn that here was exactly what I wanted to use as my major source of inspiration for this piece commissioned by and written for The Berlin Philharmonic. I don't refer to the hymn in its entirety but have chosen the following 3 excerpts all acting as mottos for the first three sections of the piece thus turning the piece into a straightforward tonepoem in the classical