Beat Furrer
*06.12.1954

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Nuun
25.02.2012, Boston (USA)

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Beat Furrer
Nuun | for 2 pianos and ensemble

Work Details
Year of composition: 1995/1996
Scored for: for 2 pianos and ensemble
Composer: Beat Furrer
Soloinstruments/Soloists: 2 pianos
Instrumentation: 2 1 3 1 - 2 2 2 0 - perc(3), sax, vln(2), vla(2), vc(2), cb(2)
Instrumentation details: 1st flute; 2nd flute (+picc); oboe; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; bass clarinet in Bb; soprano saxophone in Bb (+t.sax(Bb)); bassoon (+cbsn); 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 1st percussion; 2nd percussion; 3rd percussion; 1st violin; 2nd violin; 1st viola; 2nd viola; 1st violoncello; 2nd violoncello; 1st contrabass; 2nd contrabass

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World Première
Location: Mozarteum Salzburg / Austria
Date: 16.08.1996
Orchestra: Klangforum Wien
Conductor: Beat Furrer
Main Soloists: Marino Formenti, Klavier;
Work Introduction

Just as the mythical goddess "NU" (compare Robert Graves, "The White Goddess") was able to stop time still, in nuun the apparently overwhelming impetus of flowing sounds is slowly brought to a stop; purely mechanical energy is transformed into living energy. In Beat Furrer's work for two [...]