Concerts » Concert 71 [Washington]

Programme

• Edgard Varèse, Déserts (1950-54)

  two flutes (and piccolos), two clarinets (and clarinet in E-flat), bass clarinet, two horns, three trumpets (and two piccolo trumpets), three trombones, two tubas, piano, five percussions and tape

• Olivier Messiaen, Couleurs de la Cité céleste (1963)

  solo piano, three clarinets, two horns, three trumpets, small trumpet in D, three trombones, bass trombone and seven percussions

• Gilles Tremblay, Souffles (Champs II) (1968)

  two flutes (and piccolo), oboe, clarinet, horn, two trumpets in B-flat (and trumpets in C), two trombones, piano, two percussions and double bass

  Commission: SMCQ, with support from the CCA

• Serge Garant, Circuits I (1972)