Five Messages for the Queen of Saba

1943 to 2012

Commissioned by Radio France

Year of composition 2003
Duration circa 15 minutes

à René Koering affectueusement

World premiere February 3rd, 2005

Paris · Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Orchestre National de France
Conductor Kurt Masur

3 Flutes	1° and 2° doubling Piccolo
	3° doubling Piccolo and Alto Flute
Oboe Oboe d’amore Cor Anglais
Soprano Saxophone	doubling Alto Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
3 Bassoons	3° doubling Contrabassoon
4 Horns in F
3 Trumpets in C
3 Trombones
Percussion	(3 players)
I	Marimba Vibraphone (also used by Percussion II) Matraca (bass) 2 Gongs Castanets (Alto), fixed Bongo drum 5 Mokusho (very high Japanese rectangular woodblock struck with wooden sticks) 3 small Chinese Hand Cymbals (very small Chionese Gongs with upward glissando) soprano, Alto, tenor Log Drum
II	Vibraphone (also used by percussion I) Tambourine Snare Drum Bass Drum with Cymbals 2 suspended Cymbals (small, large) Temple Blocks Tubular Bells Tam-tam (low)	Mallets Felt Leatherr Felt-leather Wood Cork Brush
III	Timpani Glockenspiel Matracas (soprano, bass) Tam-tam (low) Snare Drum 2 Gliss-Gongs (Peking) Hyoshigi (Pair of Japanese rectangular hardwood clappers) Flexatone Gong (large) Castanets (soprano), fixed Suspended Cymbal (large) Sistrum Guiro 2 Tom-toms
Harp
Celesta	(doubling Piano)
Piano	(4 hands)
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