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Variations on Bach's Chorale Die Nacht ist Kommen, Op.40
Category | | Orchestral > String Orchestra |
Composed | | 1986 |
Duration (approx) | | 16 minutes |
Parts | | 24 or more strings (min 8.6.4.4.2)
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Recording(s) | | Symphony No.9 – Part of the 21st Century Symphony Project | Publisher | | Faber Music | Commission | | The English Chamber Orchestra with funds from
the Arts Council of Great Britain
| First performance | | 23 March 1987 | Venue | | Uppingham School | Orchestra / Ensemble | | English Chamber Orchestra | Conductor | | Carl Davis | Review | | Richard Morrison, The Times, 20 April 1987 | | | The work is highly resourceful in its use of contrasting textures and its gradual uncovering of the original Bach chorale…
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