Instrumentation

timp - perc(2): t.bell/cyms/tam-t/TD/BD/susp.cym - harpsichord - strings

Availability

Full score 0-571-51099-X and vocal score 0-571-50521-X on sale, parts for hire

Reviews

". . .has an extraordinary bleakness, like cold stone in winter sunlight. The instruments, mainly strings and percussion, are systematically drained of color, yet the final moments offer some of the most delicate orchestration ever written." Bernard Holland, The New York Times, 19 February 1994

Phaedra

Great Hall, Lancaster University (Lancaster, United Kingdom)

Manchester Camerata/Karen Cargill

Phaedra

Stoller Hall, Chetham's School of Music (Manchester, United Kingdom)

Manchester Camerata/Karen Cargill/Simone Menezes