Orchestra
SKU:
AP.12-0571522386
Composed by Nicholas Maw.
Full Orchestra;
Masterworks; Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles. Faber Edition.
Form: Suite. 20th
Century; Masterwork.
Score. Faber Music
#12-0571522386. Published
by Faber Music
(AP.12-0571522386).
ISBN 9780571522385.
English.
The first
performance of the opera
Sophie's Choice was given
at the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden, London on
December 7, 2002,
conducted by Sir Simon
Rattle and directed by
Trevor Nunn. The Concert
Suite from Sophie's
Choice was written for
the Peabody Institute.
The first performance was
given by the Peabody
Symphony Orchestra with
mezzo-soprano Elizabeth
Healy, conducted by
Hajime Teri Murai, at the
Peabody Institute,
Baltimore on April 24,
2004. The suite is a
direct transcription by
the composer from the
orchestral music of the
opera. The mezzo-soprano
aria may be omitted.
