Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1418

This 28-minute, single-movement work for large orchestra was commissioned by the BBC for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, who first performed the work in 2003 in the Barbican Hall, London, under Jukka-Pekka Saraste. At the time, the London Independent commented, "Lindberg, in his mid-forties, has come of age : this is a piece on another level with extraordinary confidence, boldness of gesture and an architectural logic that makes it immediately familiar ...
Palpable was the enjoyment of the players (and the audience). " Instrumentation : orchestra