Palimpsests - (Score)

Palimpsests' two parts were written separately, but first performed together in 2002 at London's Barbican Centre, conducted by their dedicatee Pierre Boulez. Palimpsests is a key signpost on his creative journey to date. A simple song for clarinets is subject to "chaotic variation", by turns lyrical and fierce. It is a work of remarkable concision and intensity. "The Palimpsests", Tom Service wrote in the Guardian, "compress a gigantic musical experience... and amount to one of the 21st century's most compelling orchestral pieces so far." 

Product details

• Authors: George Benjamin
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.08.2004
• EAN: 9780571522057
• ISBN: 978-0-571-52205-7
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: Faber Edition
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Singing, making music; Humanities, art, music > Music > Organology; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Classical, opera, operetta, musical