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Endless Fall Through Purple Sky – Horizon Devours Time

Year of composition2025
Durationapprox. 25′
Instrumentation
organ solo, MIDI playback on the organ, stereo audio playback, and orchestra: 3 flutes (II and III doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (III doubling English horn), 3 B-flat clarinets (III doubling B-flat bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (III doubling contrabassoon); 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in C, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba; percussion (4 players: player 1 — thunder sheet or thunder drum, rainstick, taiko drum 1, whirly tube, waterphone, analog metronome; player 2 — bass drum, ocean drum, suspended cymbal (middle), crotales, muted skin / practice pad, analog metronome; player 3 — whip, shell chimes, suspended cymbal (low), taiko drum 2 (left), tam-tam, analog metronome; player 4 — timpani, crotales); harp; strings (violin I divisi up to 4, violin II divisi up to 3, violas and violoncelli divisi up to 3, double basses divisi up to 2)

Score / materials

About the work

Commissioned by Müpa Budapest for the 20th anniversary of its organ, the work evokes the Icarus myth, explores the organ’s full sonic range and pushes the soloist towards the limits of physical possibility.

Background / credits

CommissionCommissioned by Müpa Budapest for the 20th anniversary of Müpa’s organ
Production
If possible, percussion players should be placed behind or around the orchestra: percussion 1 right, percussion 2 and timpani in the centre, percussion 3 left. Requires MIDI playback on the organ and stereo audio playback.

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