Sheet Music: Score
Fire in the heavens / Nigel Butterley
by Nigel Butterley (1973)
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- Instrumentation: 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), two oboes, cor anglais, two clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (3rd doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (2 players), piano, harp, strings.
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Product details
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (52p. -- A3+ (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 9 mins
Commissioned by Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
First performance by Lorin Maazel, Cleveland Orchestra — 4 Oct 73. Sydney Opera House
The work is a response to lines from Christopher Brennan's poem 'Fire in the Heavens' and Judith Wright's poem 'Silence'.
Typeset edition.
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