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Epiphanies

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Epiphanies
Year of composition: 
1991
Year composition ended: 
1991
Text sources: 
Bertold Brecht, James Joyce, Antonio Machado, Marcel Proust, Edoardo Sanguineti, Claude Simon
Scored for: 
female voice and orchestra
Duration: 
30'
Annotations: 

Instrumentation: 4 3 4 3 – 4 4 4 1 – 6 perc, 2 hp, cel, 8 vln.A, 8 vln.B, 8 vln.C, 8 vla, 8 vc, 6 cb
Instrumentation details: 1st flute; 2nd flute; 3rd flute (+picc); 4th flute (+picc); 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; cor anglais; clarinet in Eb; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; bass clarinet; 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; contrabassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet; 2nd trumpet; 3rd trumpet; 4th trumpet; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; contrabass trombone; bass tuba (+t.tuba(Bb)); 1st percussion; 2nd percussion; 3rd percussion; marimba; glockenspiel; vibraphone (+xyl); 1st harp; 2nd harp; celesta (+e.org); violin A(8); violin B(8); violin C(8); viola(8); violoncello(8); contrabass(6)

Epifanie for female voice and orchestra (1959-1961/1965) was withdrawn by the composer.

First performance: 
22/04/1993, Philadelphia. Charlotte Hellekant, Philadelphia Orchestra, Luciano Berio
Publisher: 
Universal Edition