Julian Anderson

The Book of Hours

This piece was commissioned by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group as part of Julian Anderson's Composer-In-Association residency, with generous financial assistance from the Michael Vyner Trust and Investors through BCMG's Sound Investment scheme. The first performance was given on the 21st January 2005 at CBSO Centre, Birmingham.
Instrumentation: 2(I=extra flute tuned down 1/4 tone, picc tuned down 1/4 tone; II = picc and afl).1.2(I=Eflat, Bflat tuned down 1/4 tone; II =bcl).1(=cbsn)-1.1(=tpt. in D).1.0-pno(=cel with extended range to low G)-harp-sampler trigger keyboard(see note on live electronics in score)-synth.(with 2 speakers - see note on synth. in score)-1 or 2 computers-mixing desk-6 loudspeakers-perc.(2): t.bells/mar/2 glsp/Large tam-t/2 tgl/crot/BD/15 thai tuned gongs/large susp.cym/large SD-strings (2111)