Universal Edition - Sir Harrison Birtwistle – Cortege | for 14 musicians

Sir Harrison Birtwistle
*15.07.1934

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Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Cortege | for 14 musicians

Work Details
Year of composition: 2007
Subtitle: a ceremony
Scored for: for 14 musicians
Composer: Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Instrumentation: 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 0 0 - pno, bass tpt, b.d, vln(2), vla, vc, cb
Instrumentation details: flute; oboe; clarinet in Bb; bassoon; trumpet in C; horn in F; bass trumpet; piano; bass drum; 1st violin; 2nd violin; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Commissioned by: A Southbank Centre commission for the reopening of the Royal Festival Hall, 11 June 2007. Performed by the London Sinfonietta.

Duration (min): 15
Dedication: in memory of Michael Vyner
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World Première
Location: Royal Festival Hall London / Great Britain
Date: 11.06.2007
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
Work Introduction

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Cortege is Harrison Birtwistle's completely new reworking of the earlier work Ritual Fragment. The composer wanted to revise and correct the original, but soon discovered that his intentions went much further than a mere revision. What resulted is what you [...]

Reviews

“There was a trumpeter whose solo was like a fight for life, a violinist pressingly keen to have her say, a nimble oboist and other idiosyncratic, rivalrous individuals locked into this musical power struggle. I liked the witty persistence of the piece and its theatricality.”
(Kate [...]

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