Polytope de Montréal



Dated: 1967
Instrumentation: Installation of light and sound, with 4 identical orchestras, each consisting of 15 musicians: flute (+pic), 2 clarinets (+ e flat clarinet, + contrabass clarinet), bassoon (+contrabassoon) - trumpet, trombone, percussion, 4 violins and 4 cellos
Timing: 6'
Premiere: 1967 in Montréal at the Pavillon Français de l'Exposition Universelle, performed by the Ensemble Instrumental de Musique Contemporaine, conducted by Konstantin Simonovitch
Dedicated to:
Commissioned by: Robert Bordaz
Published: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers