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Apparitions

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Apparitions
Foreign language / English title
Apparitions
Year of composition
1959
Type
Symphony orchestra
Number of players
79
Instrumentation
3 fl. (I-II-III anche picc.), 3 cl. (III anche cl. in Es), 2 fg., cfg. - 6 cor., 3 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - perc. (4 esec. - 1.: xil., timp, gr.c. - 2.: campli., cas., 2 temple bl., maracas, tam-tam - 3.: side drum, frusta, wood bl., guiro, bottles - 4. side drum, tmb.b., claves, crot.) - cel., arpa., cemb., pf. - 12 vl. 1, 12 vl. 2, 8 vla., 8 vlc., 6 cb. - Echo: 3 vl. (behind the audience and seated as high and far away as possible), tr. (situated at the back of the audience and at the side)
Duration
9 min
Premiere information
19 June 1960, IGNM-Fest, Cologne, Germany; NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Ernest Bour (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition, UE 18326 (study score)
Available here!
Recordings
Berliner Philharmoniker, Jonathan Nott (cond.) WSM 8573 88 261-2
1 min. sample
1 1. Lento
2 2. Agitato
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1958/59
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Teldec
BMC Records