Universal Edition - David Sawer – Byrnan Wood | for orchestra

David Sawer
*14.09.1961

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David Sawer
Byrnan Wood | for orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 1992
Scored for: for orchestra
Composer: David Sawer
Instrumentation: 4 4 4 4 - 6 4 4 1 - perc(5), hp(2), str
Instrumentation details: 1st flute (+picc); 2nd flute (+picc); 3rd flute (+alto fl); 4th flute (+alto fl); 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; 3rd oboe (+c.a); 4th oboe (+c.a); 1st clarinet in Bb (+cl(Eb)); 2nd clarinet in Bb (+cl(Eb)); 3rd clarinet in Bb (+bass cl(Bb)); 4th clarinet in Bb (+bass cl(Bb)); 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; 3rd bassoon (+cbsn); contrabassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 5th horn in F; 6th 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; contrabass tuba; 1st percussion; 2nd percussion; 3rd percussion; 4th percussion; 5th percussion; 1st harp; 2nd harp; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Commissioned by: Commissioned by the BBC Promenade Concerts
Duration (min): 18
Dedication: for Carolyn Steel

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World Première
Location: Royal Albert Hall London / Great Britain
Date: 18.08.1992
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth
Work Introduction

“What I find most exciting about composing,” Sawer has written, “is the possibility of change: of changing something that is still into something that moves; something that is clear into something that is dense; something hard into something soft”. And change is what Byrnan Wood is all [...]

Reviews

“Sawer’s score shimmered with iridescent detail and pulsated with rhythmic energy. … His formidable control of this rapidly changing kaleidoscopic canvas and his apt colour schemes (including unusual effects and textures, notably the fragmenting of the normally unanimous string lines) [...]

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