Métaboles
Métaboles is an orchestral work by Henri Dutilleux, commissioned by conductor George Szell in 1959 to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Cleveland Orchestra.[1][2] Métaboles was composed in 1963–64 and was first performed by Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra on 14 January 1965.
Movements
The work is in five linked movements. Dutilleux indicates that "towards the end of each piece, a new motif appears as a filigree under the symphonic texture and 'sets the bait' for the next piece, and so on...".[3]
- Incantatoire
- Linéaire
- Obsessionnel
- Torpide
- Flamboyant
Instrumentation
Métaboles is scored for two flutes (doubling piccolos), three oboes, cor anglais, two B-flat clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, three bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, four trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (temple blocks, snare drum, tom-toms, bass drum, small suspended cymbal, Chinese cymbal, tam-tams, crash cymbals, triangle, cowbell, xylophone, glockenspiel), celesta, harp and strings.[4]
References
- ↑ Colin Lawson (24 April 2003). The Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.
- ↑ Don Michael Randel (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. pp. 233–4. ISBN 978-0-674-37299-3.
- ↑ Clark, Philip (2008). "Dutilleux: Concertos & Orchestral Works" (liner notes). EMI Records Ltd. p. 6. 50999 2 06879 2.
- ↑ Thomas May. "Metaboles". Los Angeles Philharmonic. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
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