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 |