Sixty-Eight



Category: Musical composition
Dated: February 1992
Instrumentation: Orchestra: 3 alto flutes, 3 Cor Anglais, 5 clarinets, 5 trumpets, 4 percussion, 2 pianos, strings (14-12-10-10-0)
Duration: 30'
Premiere and performer(s): November 6, 1992 at the Sendesaal of the Hessischer Rundfunk in Frankfurt, performed by the Radio-Sinfonie- Orchester Frankfurt, conducted by Lucas Vis
Dedicated to: Ernstalbrecht Stiebler and the Sinfonieorchester des Hessischer Rundfunks
Choreography: ---
Published: Edition Peters 67468 © 1992 by Henmar Press
Manuscript: Galley-proof (138 p.); Draft of performance notes for Sixty-Eight and Eighty (holograph in ink, with additional manuscript notations - 1 lf.), both at New York Public Library.


The composition consists of 15 single notes, played throughout the orchestra. Because of its "time-brackets" structure the start and ending of each note may be different for each player, creating a inexact sense of unison, with overtones effecting the color of the sound.