Benjamin, George: Palimpsests (score) / Faber Music

Length: 96 pages

Publisher: Faber Music

Item number: 057152205X

ISMN: 9780571522057 / 978-0571522057

Terjedelem: 96 oldal

Kiadó: Faber Music

Katalógusszám: 057152205X

Palimpsests' two parts were written separately, but first performed together in 2002 at London's Barbican Centre, conducted by their dedicatee Pierre Boulez. Palimpsests is a key signpost on his creative journey to date. A simple song for clarinets is subject to 'chaotic variation', by turns lyrical and fierce. It is a work of remarkable concision and intensity. 'The Palimpsests', Tom Service wrote in the Guardian, 'compress a gigantic musical experience” and amount to one of the 21st century's most compelling orchestral pieces so far.'