Arvo Pärt
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Lamentate
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Arvo Pärt
Lamentate | Homage to Anish Kapoor and his sculpture ‘Marsyas’ | for piano and orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 2002
Subtitle: Homage to Anish Kapoor and his sculpture ‘Marsyas’
Scored for: for piano and orchestra
Composer: Arvo Pärt
Soloinstruments/Soloists: piano
Instrumentation: 3 2 2 2 - 4 2 2 0 - timp, perc(4), str
Instrumentation details: piccolo; 1st flute; 2nd flute; 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; 1st clarinet in A; 2nd clarinet in A; 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; timpani; percussion(4); violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Commissioned by: Commissioned by Tate and Egg Live
and premiered at Tate Modern
Duration (min): 37
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World Première
Location: Tate Modern London / Great Britain
Date: 07.02.2003
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
Conductor: Alexander Briger
Main Soloists: Hélène Grimaud, pn
Work Introduction

When I first saw Marsyas by Anish Kapoor at the opening of the exhibition in the Turbine Hall, the impact that it had upon me was a powerful one. My first impression was that I, as a living being, was standing before my own body and was dead - as in a time-warp perspective, at once in the [...]

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