Five Messages for the Queen of Saba
(Fünf Botschaften für die Königin von Saba)
Commissioned by Radio France
Year of composition 2003
Duration circa 15 minutes
à René Koering affectueusement
World premiere
World premiere February 3rd, 2005
Paris · Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Orchestre National de France
Conductor Kurt Masur
Instrumentation
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 | |
Harp | ||
Celesta | (doubling Piano) | |
Piano | (4 hands) | |
Strings |