MUSIC FOR EIGHTEEN WINDS by John Harbison (USA)
Markus Mauderer2021-01-17T15:10:08+01:00#78– January 18, 2021 JOHN HARBISON (1938) MUSIC FOR EIGHTEEN WINDS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_8ew5JhNCE MUSIC FOR EIGHTEEN WINDS by American composer John Harbison is our Composition of the Week. Written in 1986, this 12-minute work was commissioned by the Council for the Arts at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and was first performed by the MIT Players under the composer's direction on 18 April 1986. It was chosen to represent the United States in the 1987 International Rostrum of Composers in Paris. Harbison’s MUSIC FOR EIGHTEEN WINDS is scored for the following instrumentation: 2222.ASAX/4221 “Music for Eighteen Winds is the result of the [...]