Ian Wilson
*26.12.1964

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Ian Wilson
Licht/ung | for orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 2004
Scored for: for orchestra
Composer: Ian Wilson
Instrumentation: 3 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 1 - timp, perc(2), hp, str(14 12 10 8 6)
Instrumentation details: 1st flute; 2nd flute; 3rd flute (+picc); 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; cor anglais; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; bass clarinet in Bb; 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; contrabassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet in Bb; 2nd trumpet in Bb; 3rd trumpet in Bb; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; tuba; timpani; percussion(2): tam-tam, bass drum, tenor drum, suspended cymbal (and bow), floor tom, whip, 5 gongs, 2 tam-tam, flexitone, finger cymbals, tubular bells, glockenspiel, lion's roar, small woodblock, sleigh bells; harp; violin I(14); violin II(12); viola(10); violoncello(8); contrabass(6)
Commissioned by: Commissioned by the Venice Biennale
Duration (min): 11

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World Première
Location: Venedig / Italy
Date: 17.10.2004
Orchestra: Orchestra dell'Arena di Verona
Conductor: Johannes Debus
Reviews

“The mood of the piece is one of foreboding, punctuated with heavy, percussive convulsions, with chords of low, threatening brass, like a barely contained braying … David Brophy kept [the work] on an appropriately firm and threatening trajectory.”

(The Irish Times, October 16th 2006. [...]


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