Universal Edition - Luke Bedford – By the Screen in the Sun at the Hill on the Gold | for 18 players

Luke Bedford
*25.04.1978

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Luke Bedford
By the Screen in the Sun at the Hill on the Gold | for 18 players

Work Details
Year of composition: 2008
Scored for: for 18 players
Composer: Luke Bedford
Instrumentation: 1 1 2 1 - 1 2 1 0 - perc(2), pno, vln(2), vla, vc(2), cb
Instrumentation details: flute (+picc); oboe; 1st clarinet in Eb (+cl in Eb); 2nd clarinet in A (+cl in Eb); bassoon (+cbsn); horn in F; 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; trombone; piano; 1st percussion; 2nd percussion; 1st violin; 2nd violin; viola; 1st violoncello; 2nd violoncello; contrabass
Commissioned by: Auftragswerk von Ensemble Modern und Siemens Arts Program für das Projekt "into..." /
Commissioned by Ensemble Modern and Siemens Arts Program for the project "into..."
Duration (min): 17
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World Première
Location: Konzerthaus Berlin / Germany
Date: 06.03.2009
Orchestra: Ensemble Modern
Conductor: Sian Edwards
Work Introduction

I was very unsure about how I was going to approach this piece. Having been given the task of capturing the 'essence' of Johannesburg, it took me a long time to work out what my response to being in the city for a month would be.* The piece, I felt from quite early on, had to be lively [...]

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