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Performance by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Markus Stenz from the CD Carlo ; Beggars and angels ; Ariel's music |
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Score
Beggars and angels : music for orchestra / Brett Dean
Library shelf no. Q 784.2/DEA 1 [Available for loan]
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Work Details
Year: 1999
Instrumentation: 4 flutes (1-3 doubling piccolo, 4th doubling alto flute), 3 oboes (3rd doubling cor anglais), 4 clarinets (2nd doubling E flat clarinet, 3rd and 4th doubling bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (3rd doubling contra-bassoon), 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (4 players), harp, piano (doubling celesta), strings (16.14.12.10.8).
Duration: 26 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Professional.
Dedication note: for Heather
Commission note: Commissioned by Symphony Australia for performance by Markus Stenz, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
First performance: by Markus Stenz, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra — 4 Nov 99. Melbourne, Australia.
Winner of Australian Music Centre Award for Best Composition by an Australian Composer, 2000.
Awards & Prizes
Year | Award | Placing | Awarded for/to |
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2000 | Classical Music Awards - Best Composition by an Australian Composer | Winner | Brett Dean |
Analysis
Article: Dawn of a new world symphony
by Gordon Kerry — © News Limited
Source: Source: The Australian, 24 March 2009, pp.13
Article: Concerto makes vivid addition to viola repertoire
by William Dart
Source: Source: The New Zealand Herald, 18 April 2007
Article: Interrogating the Orchestra
Craig Smith — © Santa Fe New Mexican
Source: The Santa Fe New Mexican, 14 August 2009
Performances of this work
7 May 2011: at MSO: Beggars and Angels (The Malthouse). Featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Brett Dean.
4 Nov 99: Melbourne, Australia.. Featuring Markus Stenz, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
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