Donghoon Shin Kafka's Dream
for Orchestra 2018-2019
Partitur
Sy. 5717/01
ISMN 979-0-2042-5717-1
Kafka’s Dream was commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra through the LSO Discovery Panufnik Composers’ Scheme, supported by the Helen Hamlyn Trusts
The concert premiere was given by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by François-Xavier Roth, in Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London on 24 March 2019
Duration: c.10 minutes
Instrumentation
3 flutes (3rd doubling Piccolo)
3 oboes (3rd doubling Cor anglais)
3 Bb clarinets (2nd doubling Eb Clarinet, 3rd doubling bass clarinet in Bb)
2 bassoons
Contrabassoon
4 horns in F
3 trumpets in Bb
2 trombones
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (3 players)
Piano (doubling celesta)
Harp
Strings (14. 12. 10. 8. 6 with low C strings)
Percussion Distribution
Player 1: tubular bells (sharing with the player 3), glockenspiel (sharing with the player 2), whip, xylophone, crotales
Player 2: vibraphone, suspended cymbal, snare drum, marimba, glockenspiel (sharing with the player 1), 5 temple blocks, almglocken
Player 3: suspended cymbal, snare drum, bass drum, 2 bongos and 2 congas, 3 tom-toms(muted), tam-tam, tubular bells (sharing with the player 1)
The score is in C
Dedicated to Unsuk Chin with admiration and gratitude