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Scoring

3(II,III=picc).2(II=corA).Ebcl.2.bcl.ssax.3(III=dbn)-4.3.3.1-timp-
perc:t.bells/tam-t/vib/marimba/SD-harp-pft-strings

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Publisher

Boosey & Hawkes

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

Availability

World Premiere
11/16/1992
Musikverein, Vienna
Peter Savidge, baritone / Members of ORF-Symphonieorchester / Bernhard Kontarsky
Programme Note

In Baumgesänge, Schwertsik uses orchestral forces to evoke a sense of the majesty and height of the trees, the blaring wind, and the birdsong in the woods – even the blows of an axe are depicted through the use of tuba, double-bassoon timpani, and piano.

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Recommended Recording
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BBC Philharmonic/HK Gruber
Chandos CHAN 10687

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