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Title of the work

Aurora

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Aurora
Foreign language / English title
Aurora
Subtitle
For double bass solo and string orchestra with accordion
Year of composition
2019
Type
Concerto
Number of players
22
Instrumentation
cb. solo - acc. - strings: 6 vl. 1, 5 vl. 2, 4 vla., 3 vlc., 2 cb. (placed in the concert hall to form a triangle with the soloist)
Duration
22 min
Movements, parts
1. ♪ = 86
2. ♩ = 116
3. ♩ = 112
Commissioned by
Karajan-Akademie of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra de Chambre de Lausanne, Tongyeong International Music Festival
Premiere information
8 December 2019, Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin; Matthew McDonald (cb.), Scholars of the "Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker", Péter Eötvös (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz © 2019, 58698 (On rental)

Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz © 2020, KBB 22 (Piano reduction: cb. solo - pf., 2 cb.)
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Remarks, other info
"In 1971, I was flying over Anchorage in Alaska when I saw an incredible light effect through the aeroplane window: it was the aurora borealis. I have never ever seen anything so powerful or such a blaze of colour in motion. It was not only beautiful, but also extremely powerful, almost threatening and simply monumental. In my composition Aurora, I have attempted to reproduce my own impressions of this moment when I felt myself as an element of this cosmos." Peter Eötvös