Le Sacrifice (Anastenaria)



Dated: 1952-53
Instrumentation: orchestra: 1 (+picc), 1 (+cor anglais), 1 (+bass clarinet), 1 (+contrabassoon) - 2, 2, 1, 1, timpani, 3 percussionists, piano and strings (8, 8, 6, 6, 4)
Timing: 6'
Premiere: It has been performed once
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Published: Editions Salabert EAS 19882


This composition has been withdrawn by the composer. This is the second part of a tryptich on the subject of holiday in the north of Greece called Anastenaria. The first part is entitled Procession aux eaux claires and the third part is Metastasis.
Recording available from Col Legno 1CD 20086 (to be released in November 2001).