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Yamaon

Giacinto Scelsi · 1905–1988 · Italian
For voice, 2 saxophones, bassoon, double bass, percussion
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
Strings & winds
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 12 min
Composed
1954–58
Era
20th century

Notes

Bass voice with alto and baritone saxophones, contrabassoon (entered as bassoon), double bass, percussion

A step before · level 7

Fantasy for Nonet No. 2, Op. 41
Alois Hába
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass
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13 min
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Quintet for Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Viola and Cello
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clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello
Strings & windsclarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello
21 min
DramaticDarkLesser-known
7balanced
Menil Antiphons
Ellsworth Milburn
flute, clarinet, 2 horns, percussion, violin, cello, piano
Strings & windsflute, clarinet, 2 horns, percussion, violin, cello, piano
15 min
SlowLyricalLesser-known
7balanced
Trio, Op. 53
Karol Rathaus
clarinet, violin, piano
Strings & windsclarinet, violin, piano
23 min
DramaticDarkLesser-known
7balanced

A step after · level 9

Strings & windsviolin, horn, piano
22 min
DarkDramaticWell-known
9horn
Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21
Arnold Schoenberg
voice, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano
Strings & windsvoice, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano
34 min
DarkDramaticWell-known
9balanced
Différences
Luciano Berio
flute, clarinet, harp, viola, cello, electronics
Strings & windsflute, clarinet, harp, viola, cello, electronics
14 min
DramaticLyricalLesser-known
9balanced
Talea
Gérard Grisey
violin, cello, flute, clarinet, piano
Strings & windsviolin, cello, flute, clarinet, piano
17 min
LivelyDramaticLesser-known
9balanced