compositions
Concerto Grosso
1992

Info

9′

Music by Philip Glass.
Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers.

Commission

Comissioned by the City of Bonn, Germany for the opening of the Stadtische Kunstmuseum Bonn.

Instrumentation

1.1.1.1/2.1.1.1/ perc, (SD, TD, BD, tgl, tamb, cym, wdbl)/ str, fl, ob, cl, bn tpt, 2hn, tmb, tuba, 2 vln, vla, vc, db

Premiere

June 17, 1992 by musicians of the Orchester der Beetovenhalle Bonn, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.

Notes

Each movement of the “Concerto Grosso” is written for a distinctive group of instruments – the winds, brass and strings, which together make up a symphonic ensemble.

Scores

Concerto Grosso at Wise Music Classical