Selected products featuring this work — Display all products (1 more)
Score
Bhishma's death : for orchestra / Nicholas Routley
Library shelf no. Q 784.2/ROU 1 [Available for loan]
Hire Only
This item is available from our hire library.
Please contact our Hire Department to enquire about pricing and obtain this item.
Display all products featuring this work (1 more) 
Work Overview
This short piece is a funeral march for the death of Bhishma, the patriarch in the Indian epic, Mahabharata. Bhishma can choose the time of his own death, and, although mortally wounded, lies on the forest of arrows that have pierced his skin until the end of the war. He then passes on his wisdom to the Pandava brothers, and asks Arjuna for water. Arjuna shoots an arrow into the ground near his head, and water springs up. Then he dies.
Work Details
Year: 2005, this version: 2008
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B flat, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 2 trumpets in B flat, 2 trombones, bass trombone, timpani, percussion (1 player), harp, strings.
Duration: 5 min.
Difficulty: Medium — Between amateur and professional
First performance: by Darwin Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Routley — 10 Apr 09. Darwin Entertainment Centre
Performances of this work
10 Apr 09: Darwin Entertainment Centre. Featuring Darwin Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Routley.
User reviews
Be the first to share your thoughts, opinions and insights about this work.
To post a comment please login.