Sir Harrison Birtwistle
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Sir Harrison Birtwistle
An Imaginary Landscape | for brass, percussion and double basses

Work Details
Year of composition: 1971
Scored for: for brass, percussion and double basses
Composer: Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Instrumentation: 0 0 0 0 - 4 4 3 1 - timp(2), perc(2), cb(8)
Commissioned by: Commissioned by the BBC for the ISCM Festival in London, June 1971.
Remarks: in memoriam of the composer's mother
Duration (min): 17
Dedication: To the memory of my Mother

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World Première
Location: Royal Festival Hall London / Great Britain
Date: 03.06.1971
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Work Introduction

... By the time he composed An Imaginary Landscape Birtwistle was beginning to move towards the sound world of his stage work on the Orpheus legend. If one wanted to find a portmanteau title for a Birtwistle work of that period, (which includes his most celebrated early score, The Triumph of [...]

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