Sheet Music: Score
The lost art of letter writing : for violin and orchestra / Brett Dean
by Brett Dean (2006)
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- Instrumentation: 3 flutes (2nd doubling alto flute, 1st & 3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (both doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets in B flat (2nd doubling bass clarinet), bass clarinet in B flat (doubling contrabass clarinet), 2 bassoons (2nd doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns in F, 2 trumpets in C, trombone, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (4 players), upright piano/celeste, grand piano, harp, solo violin, strings (recommended strength: 14-12-10-8-6).
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Audio Sample
Performance by Kristian Winther, ANAM Orchestra of the Academy, Brett Dean from the CD Works by Gordon Kerry, Don Banks [and] Brett Dean
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Product details
Published by: Australian Music Centre (under licence from Boosey & Hawkes) — 1 score (132p. -- A3 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced — Professional.
Duration: 38 mins
I. Hamburg, 1854 -- II. The Hague, 1882 -- III. Vienna, 1886 -- IV. Jerilderie, 1879.
Dedicated to Frank Peter Zimmermann
Commissioned by Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, KölnMusik GmbH.
First performance by Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Frank Peter Zimmermann — 8 Mar 07. Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
Typeset edition.
This edition produced 2007.
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