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Chinese Opera

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Chinese Opera
Foreign language / English title
Chinese Opera
Subtitle
For orchestra / Ensemble
Year of composition
1986
Type
Symphony orchestra
Number of players
28
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., cl.b., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - perc. (3 esec.) - synth. (Yamaha DX7) - arpa - strings: 2 vl., 2 vla., 2 vlc., cb.
Duration
27 min
Movements, parts
1. Overture and Curtains (for Peter Brook)
2. Scene 1 in E and G-sharp (for Luc Bondy)
3. Scene 2 in F and G (for Klaus Michael Grüber)
4. Scene 3 in F-sharp and C, Curtains (for Patrice Chéreau)
Commissioned by
Ensemble InterContemporain
Premiere information
November 1986, Paris; Ensemble InterContemporain, Peter Eötvös (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Salabert Paris © 2002, EAS 18453
Available here!
Recordings
KAIROS 0012082KAI, 2000 - Klangforum Wien, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
Erato ECD 75554, 1989 - Ensemble InterContemporain, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 1. Ouverture
2 2. Rideaux et Premiére Scéne
3 3. Deuxiéme Scéne
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1985 - 1986
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Kairos
ORF
Erato