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Christopher Coleman
Sinfonietta (1980)
duration ca. 7:30
Instrumentation
for orchestra
piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon,
4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (one player:
glockenspiel, xylophone, bass drum, suspended cymbal, tam-tam), piano, strings
Program Note
The Sinfonietta is a sort of double sonata form movement for orchestra in which the two sonatas unfold in juxtaposition at approximately the same rate. It has not yet been premiered.
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