A premiere for 11,000 strings
OrchestrasThe ever-unconventional composer Georg Friedrich Haas has come up with ingenious instrumentation for his latest work.
11, 000 Saiten (11,000 Strings) is scored for 50 microtonally tuned pianos and chamber orchestra.
It will be premiered by 50 student pianists from the Gustav Mahler Academy Orchestra in Bolzano on August 1.
The orchestra consists of 2 fl, ob, cl, sax, bn, hr, tr, 2 tbn, 2 perc, acc, harpsichord, harp, celesta, 3 vl, 2 vla, 2 vlc, cb.
Do the maths,
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