Alexander Nikolajewitsch Skrjabin
06.01.1872—27.04.1915
 

Alexander Nikolajewitsch Skrjabin
Opus 68 | Piano sonata no. 9 | for large orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 1913
Year of arrangement: 2003
Subtitle: Piano sonata no. 9
Scored for: for large orchestra
Composer: Alexander Nikolajewitsch Skrjabin
Arranger: Georg Friedrich Haas
Instrumentation: 3 3 3 3 - 4 4 4 1 - perc(3), hp, acc, str(12 10 8 8 6)
Instrumentation details: 1st flute (+Afl(G)); 2nd flute (+bass fl); 3rd flute (+picc); 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; cor anglais; 1st clarinet in A; 2nd clarinet in A (+cb.cl(Bb)); bass clarinet in Bb; 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; 3rd bassoon (+cbsn); 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet in Bb; 2nd trumpet in Bb; 3rd trumpet in Bb; 4th trumpet in Bb; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; 4th trombone; tuba; 1st percussion; 2nd percussion; 3rd percussion; harp; accordion; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Commissioned by: Auftragswerk des WDR/Musik der Zeit
Duration (min): 10

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World Première
Location: Philharmonie Köln / Germany
Date: 31.01.2004
Orchestra: WDR SO Köln
Conductor: Peter Rundel
Work Introduction

There would have been no sense in orchestrating Skrjabin’s 9th Sonata in a historically correct way. My interest was in projecting this music onto my own sonic ethos. The work is at a remove from Skrjabin; it is like a commentary leaving almost all the pitches untouched and adding only a [...]