Score
Symphony - The Great Barrier Reef / Michael Knopf.
Library shelf no. 784.2/KNO 5 [Not for loan]
Work Overview
The work was composed in 1988 whilst the composer was living in Cairns, Australia.
The music is only programmatic in small part and was conceived as a 4 movement smaller symphony or tone poem. The movements are entitled as occurences in a trip to the Great Barrier Reef by sailing boat, the idea of which gave rise to the trajectory of the composition with its mood, emotion, energy and so on.
Work Details
Year: 1988
Instrumentation: Full Orchestra
Duration: 18 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
First performance: by Queensland Youth Orchestra — 1989.
Revised and edited 2025-2026
Performances of this work
1989: featuring Queensland Youth Orchestra.
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