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BTC967.1 FOUR SEA INTERLUDES FROM 'PETER GRIMES'

For orchestra
Composition date: Spring 1945
Genre: Orchestral
Symphony orchestra
Performing forces:

2 fl (=picc), 2 ob, 2 cl in A and B flat (II=E flat), 2 bn, dbn - 4 hn, 3 tpt (I, II in C, III in D), 3 trbn, tuba - timp, 2 perc (sd, bd, cymb, gong, xyl, bells in E flat and B flat, tamb) - harp - str

Duration: 16'

Notes

The interludes (with adjustments to the endings for concert performances) are taken from the opera. See individual movements for further details.

Movements

  • 1 Dawn >>
    notes:

    Precedes Act I, scene 1

  • 2 Sunday morning >>
    notes:

    Opening of Act II

  • 3 Moonlight >>
    notes:

    Opening of Act III

  • 4 Storm >>
    notes:

    Precedes Act I, scene 2

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