Instrumentation

THE PROTECTOR (Bar)/AGNÈS, his wife (S)/ANGEL 1/THE BOY (CT)/ANGEL 2/MARIE (M)/ANGEL 3/JOHN (T) 3(II=picc.III=picc+afl).2.2.bcl(=cl).cbcl.2(II=cbsn) - 4.4(I=ptpt).3.1 - perc(4): glsp/crot/steel drum/3 t.bells/5 tuned c.bells/vib/gong/2 small timp/6 mini-tablas/3 bongos/2 SD/2 TD/tumba/BD/small claves/3 mokubios/4 tpl.bl/sleigh bells/mcas/pebbles/guiro/whip/sandpaper blocks/computer keyboard or typewriter/small tgl/untuned c.bell/clash.cyms (2 pairs)/5 susp.cyms/tam-t - harp - glass harmonica – bass viola da gamba - strings (8.6.6.6.4 players) 2 first violins doubling mandolins; all double basses must have extensions to low B natural

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Cased full score 0-571-53759-6, full score 0-571-53758-8, vocal score 0-571-52672-1 and text 0-571-53760-X on sale, parts for hire

Written on Skin (Voice(s)/Piano Reduction)

George Benjamin

£35.00

Written on Skin (Cased Edition) (Opera)

George Benjamin

£150.00

Written on Skin (Libretto)

George Benjamin, Martin Crimp

£8.50

Written on Skin (Opera)

George Benjamin

£80.00

Written on Skin

Scene XII “The Protector and Agnès” (from Written on Skin)

Concert Hall, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (Brisbane, QLD, Australia)

Jessica Gethin, Opera Queensland, Queensland Symphony Orchestra

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Written on Skin

Scene XII “The Protector and Agnès” (from Written on Skin)

Concert Hall, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (Brisbane, QLD, Australia)

Jessica Gethin, Opera Queensland, Queensland Symphony Orchestra

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Written on Skin

Scene XII “The Protector and Agnès” (from Written on Skin)

Concert Hall, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (Brisbane, QLD, Australia)

Jessica Gethin, Opera Queensland, Queensland Symphony Orchestra

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Written on Skin

Scene XII “The Protector and Agnès” (from Written on Skin)

Concert Hall, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (Brisbane, QLD, Australia)

Jessica Gethin, Opera Queensland, Queensland Symphony Orchestra

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Written on Skin

No audience. Live broadcast online.

Oper Köln (Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)

François-Xavier Roth, dir. Benjamin Lazar, Oper Köln, Robin Adams, Cameron Shahbazi, Judith Thielsen, Dino Lüthy, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Magali Simard-Galdès

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Brussels Philharmonic and Bejun Mehta perform Benjamin’s Dream of the Song

2015 work conducted by Kazushi Ono with Vlaams Radio Koor

George Benjamin awarded Institut de France prize

Composer receives prestigious Grand Prix artistique 2022 de la Fondation Simone et Cino Del Duca

George Benjamin featured as BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Week

Benjamin was the subject of the week long showcase in December, with interviews by Donald MacLeod.

New production of Written on Skin receives digital premiere by Köln Oper

Production premiere of the celebrated opera, directed by Benjamin Lazar, to be available to view worldwide.
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