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The Gliding of the Eagle in the Skies

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
The Gliding of the Eagle in the Skies
Foreign language / English title
The Gliding of the Eagle in the Skies
Subtitle
For orchestra
Dedication
the 30th Anniversary Basque National Orchestra
Year of composition
2011
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl. (I-II anche picc., III anche picc., fl.a.), 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), 3 cl. in A (III anche cl.b.), 3 fg. (III anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 3 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - 3 timp. (anche gr.c., sonagli), perc. (3 esec. - I: conga, tmb.b., crot., campli., camp., trg.; II: cajon, high (placed between conductor and concert master); III: cajon, low (placed between conductor and 1st vlc.) - 2 arpa - strings: 14 vl. 1, 12 vl. 2, 10 vla., 8 vlc., 6 cb.
Duration
11 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Commissioned by
Euskadiko Orkestra - Basque National Orchestra
Premiere information
15 October, 2012, Pamplona, Spain; Euskadiko Orkestra - Basque National Orchestra, Andrés Orozco-Estrada (cond.)

31 January 2013, Opening of the Bordeaux Auditorium, Bordeaux, France; Orchestra National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Kwamé Ryan (cond.) (Revised version)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music Mainz © 2012, 54 953(On rental)
Available here!
Recordings
BMC CD 284, 2019 - Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Peter Eötvös (cond.)
Video recording, 2019 - hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Péter Eötvös (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)
Verso CD 2143, 2013 - Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi (Basque National Orchestra), Andrés Orozco-Estrada (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Revised: 2012, 2016
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Verso
Péter Eötvös: Gliding - Four Works for symphony orchestra BMC Records