Esa-Pekka Salonen
Five Images After Sappho
for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Five Images After Sappho
for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble
- Instrumentation High Voice, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, 2 Horns, Piano, Harp, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Double Bass
- Composer Esa-Pekka Salonen
- Lyricist Sappho
- Edition Score
- Publisher Chester Music
- Order no. CH61626
Description:
This is the full score for Five Images After Sappho, a work composed by Esa-Pekko Salonen for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble. This work was co-commissioned by the Ojai Festival, California and the London Sinfonietta, and first performed on 4th June 1999.
The text for Five Images After Sappho is based on a number of different poems by the female Greek lyric poet Sappho.
The text for Five Images After Sappho is based on a number of different poems by the female Greek lyric poet Sappho.