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Clocks and Clouds

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Clocks and Clouds
Foreign language / English title
Clocks and Clouds
Year of composition
1973
Type
Choir and orchestra
Number of players
49
Instrumentation
12 part female choir (ad lib. 12 solo voice: 4 S., 4 Ms., 4 A.) - 5 fl. (I anche fl.a., III-V anche picc.), 3 ob., 5 cl. (V anche cl.b.), 4 fg. (IV anche cgf.) - 2 tr. - perc. (campli., vibr.) - cel., 2 arpa - strings: 4 vla., 6 vlc., 4 cb.
Duration
13 min
Text
onomatopoeia
Commissioned by
ORF, Studio Steiermark, "musikprotokoll ´73", Graz
Premiere information
15 October 1973, ORF "musikprotokoll ´73", Graz, Austria; ORF-Symphonieorchester, ORF-Chor, Gottfried Preinfalk (choir rehearsal), Friedrich Cerha (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music, ED 8204 (performance material on hire)
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Remarks, other info
Composed: 1972-1973
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Teldec