By:

• Jonathan Besser

Duration:

22' 00"

Instrumentation:

2 picc.232 cb. 433 tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano/celeste, strings

Contents:

Towards emptiness; Family and separation (in N.Y.C.); Dance of death; Coming home

Availability

• This work has a score and a recording

Commissioned:

Written during composer's 1998 Residency with Auckland Philharmonia.

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences:

• Jewish

Performance History

	20 May 1999	Performed by Auckland Philharmonia cond. Edvard Tchivzhel; Auckland Town Hall
		Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra