Thomas Adès

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Purgatorio

Dante ballet Part II

orchestra and pre-recorded voices

Year
2019-2020
Duration
00:24:00
Categories
  • Ballet/Dance
  • Full Orchestra

Instrumentation

3(II=afl. III=picc).3(III=ca).3(II=E♭cl+bcl. III=cbcl).3(III=cbsn) – 4331 – timp – perc(3): crot/handbells/chi.ba/gspl/anvil/rototoms/t.bells/sistrum/3 thunder tubes/tam-t/high bongo/frame drum/gong drum/kit BD/concert BD – harp – pno – strings

Commission

Commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Music and Artistic Director, and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation for The Royal Ballet, Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor, with the generous support of the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund

Part 1, Inferno, was co-commissioned by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, for concert performances

Availability

Score and parts in preparation

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