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Ramifications

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Ramifications
Foreign language / English title
Ramifications
Subtitle
for string orchestra or 12 solo strings
Dedication
For the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress, dedicated to the memory of Serge and Natalie Koussevitzky
Year of composition
1969
Type
String orchestra
Number of players
12
Instrumentation
strings: group I.: 4 vl., vla., vlc. (instruments are tuned a quarter-tone higher) - group II.: 3 vl., vla., vlc., cb. (instruments are tuned in the usual way)
Duration
9 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
23 April 1969, Berlin (SFB); Radio-Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, Michael Gielen (cond.) (Version for string orchestra)

10 October 1969, Saarländischer Rundfunk Saarbrücken; Kammerorchester des Saarländischen Rundfunks, Antonio Janigro (cond.) (Version for solo strings)
Publisher / Source
B. Schott´s Söhne, Mainz © 1970, ED 6305 (study score), performance material (42 549) on hire
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Recordings
WERGO Wer 60 162-50 - Sinfonie-Orchester des SWR Baden-Baden, Ernest Bour (cond.)
WERGO Wer 60 162-50 - Kammerorchester des Saarländischen Rundfunks, Antonio Janigro (cond.)(Version for 12 solo strings)
Video recording, 2017 - Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Per Kristian Skalstad (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)
1 min. sample
1 Ramifications
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1968 - 1969
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Teldec
Ligeti, György: Métamorphoses nocturnes (Quartet for Strings no. 1), Quartet for Strings no. 2, Ramifications, Sonata for Cello solo, Melodien Deutsche Grammophon
Wergo
Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon
Col Legno
Rückblick Moderne - 20th Century Orchestral Musik Col Legno
Stravinsky, Igor: Basel Concerto<br>Shostakovich, Dmitri: Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a<br>Bartók Béla: Divertimento BB 118<br>Ligeti: Ramifications Cypres