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3(III=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn--4.3.3.1--timp.perc(3):vib/mar/glsp/BD/bongos/sizzle cym/Chinese cym/gong/2sus.cym/tam-t/slapstick/maracas/lg ratchet/crotales/brake drum--harp--cel--strings

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Publisher

Boosey & Hawkes (Hendon Music)

Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.

Availability

World Premiere
2/10/2010
Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY
New York Philharmonic / Alan Gilbert
Composer's Notes

In Russian, "odna zhizn" means "one life." This fifteen-minute work has been composed in homage to a person of Russian ancestry who is very dear to me. Her life has not been an easy one, and the struggles she has faced are reflected in the sometimes peripatetic nature of the music. While quite a few of my scores have symbolically translated various words into notes and rhythms, this process has been carried to an extreme degree in Odna Zhizn: virtually all of the music is focused on the spelling of names and other phrases, and it was an enormous challenge for me to fashion these materials into what I hoped would be a satisfying musical experience that functions both as the public portrayal of an extraordinary life as well as a private love letter.

Christopher Rouse

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New York Philharmonic/Alan Gilbert
Dacapo 8.226110

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