György Ligeti
28.05.1923—12.06.2006

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Atmosphères
12.03.2012, Beijing (CN)
Atmosphères
22.03.2012, Lissabon (P)
Atmosphères
23.03.2012, Lissabon (P)

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György Ligeti
Atmosphères | for orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 1961
Scored for: for orchestra
Composer: György Ligeti
Instrumentation: 4 4 4 4 - 6 4 4 1 - pno(2 perc. players), str(7 7 5 5 4)
Instrumentation details: 4 flutes (+4 picc); 4 oboes; 4 clarinets in Bb (4th +cl(Eb)); 3 bassoons; contrabassoon; 6 horns in F; 4 trumpets in C; 4 trombones; tuba; piano (2 percussion players); violin I (1st desk); violin I (2nd desk); violin I (3rd desk); violin I (4th desk); violin I (5th desk); violin I (6th desk); violin I (7th desk); violin II (1st desk); violin II (2nd desk); violin II (3rd desk); violin II (4th desk); violin II (5th desk); violin II (6th desk); violin II (7th desk); viola (1st desk); viola (2nd desk); viola (3rd desk); viola (4th desk); viola (5th desk); violoncello (1st desk); violoncello (2nd desk); violoncello (3rd desk); violoncello (4th desk); violoncello (5th desk); contrabass (1st desk); contrabass (2nd desk); contrabass (3rd desk); contrabass (4th desk)
Commissioned by: Kompositionsauftrag des Südwestfunks, Baden-Baden, 1961
Duration (min): 9
Dedication: In memoriam Mátyás Seiber
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Work Introduction

When György Ligeti’s Atmosphères premièred at the 1961 Donaueschingen Festival, it caused a sensation. The work’s static iridescence so fascinated its listeners that they demanded an immedediate repeat performance. Ligeti had flung the door wide open to new worlds of sound and [...]

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