Instrumentation
2(II=picc).2.2.2.cbsn - 4431 - timp - perc(3): tam-t/susp.ch.cym/susp.cym/BD/SD/bongo/3 tom-t/thunder sheet/chime - strings
Availability
Score 0-571-52157-6 on sale, parts for hire
Programme Notes
PETER SCULTHORPE
Great Sandy Island
for orchestra
(1998)
Faber Music Ltd
3 Queen Square
London
WC1N 3AU
Great Sandy Island was commissioned by Suntory Limited for the Suntory Hall
International Program for Music Composition in 1998.
The first performance was given by the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra,
at Tokyo Opera City, conducted by Kazufumi Yamashita, on 13 October 1998.
Duration: 20 minutes
Orchestration
2 Flutes (II=Piccolo)
2 Oboes
2 Clarinets in B=
2 Bassoons
Contrabassoon
4 Horns in F
4 Trumpets in C
2 Trombones
Bass trombone
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (3 players)
Chime (middle C), Suspended cymbal, Chinese cymbal, Side drum, Bongo, Tom toms, Tam tam, Thunder sheet, Bass drum
Strings
The Score is in C
Parts available on hire from the publishers