Instrumentation
3(all=picc).3(III=ca).3(III=bcl).3.cbsn – 4.4.3.1 – perc(3): glsp/crot/vib/t.bells/glass harmonica (or 4 wine glasses - 2 players)/wind chimes/cast/tam-t/BD – harp – pno – chorus (64 singers) – strings (16.14.12.10.8)
Availability
Score 0-571-53993-9 on sale, vocal score and parts for hire
Reviews
‘Harmonic spectra skew, are transmuted and straightened. The choir sings syllables, whistles, snaps their fingers, creating magical connotations. There is both a free harmonic imagination and plenty of solid tonal foundation. Hillborg has had a strong, sonorous vision and has given it musical substance. It could hardly be more beautiful, more seductive and fascinating - Sirens will surely prove to be one of 2010's major works.‘
SvD (Erik Wallrup), 26, July 2012
"...What a voyage! A very special night of extraordinary epic drama."
Culture Spot LA (Theodore Bell), 27 November, 2011
"...The main impression is simply an irresistibly gorgeous and sometimes weird soundscape that Ulysses must somehow resist."
Los Angeles Times (Mark Swed), 26 November, 2011