George Benjamin (b. 1960)

Palimpsests

symphonic orchestra

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Details
For
symphonic orchestra
Product Type
Score
Author / Composer
George Benjamin
Product number
280615
Release Year
2004
Extent
96 Pages
Description

Palimpsests’ two parts were written separately, but first performed together in 2002 at London’s Barbican Centre, conducted by their dedicatee Pierre Boulez. Palimpsests is a key signpost on his creative journey to date. A simple song for clarinets is subject to “chaotic variation”, by turns lyrical and fierce. It is a work of remarkable concision and intensity. “The Palimpsests”, Tom Service wrote in the Guardian, “compress a gigantic musical experience… and amount to one of the 21st century's ...