Universal Edition - David Sawer – Take off | for chamber ensemble

David Sawer
*14.09.1961

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David Sawer
Take off | for chamber ensemble

Work Details
Year of composition: 1987
Scored for: for chamber ensemble
Composer: David Sawer
Instrumentation: fl, cl(2), pno, vln, vla, vc
Instrumentation details: flute (+ a fl, picc), 2 clarinets (+bass cl), piano, violin, viola, cello
Commissioned by: Commissioned by Kirklees Metropolitan Council with funds provided by Yorkshire Arts Association
Duration (min): 18

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World Première
Location: St. Paul's Hall Huddersfield / Great Britain
Date: 17.02.1988
Orchestra: Lumina
Conductor: David Blake
Work Introduction

With this piece I wanted to tell a continuous narrative through the juxtaposition of various scenes: my visual image came from photographs of the two slightly eccentric Wright brothers as they finally succeeded, after countless experiment and much failure, in performing the first powered, [...]