Where The Wild Things Are
Oliver Knussen

Browse Works

Autumnal
Cantata
Coursing
Fanfare
Fire
Flourish With Fireworks
Four Late Poems And An Epigram
Higglety Piggelty Pop!
Hums And Songs Of Winnie-The-Pooh
Masks
Ocean de terre
Ophelia Dances
Praeludia
Wild Rumpus, The
Rosary Songs
Secret Song
Songs And A Sea-Interlude
Sonya's Lullaby
Symphony no. 1
Symphony no. 2
Symphony no. 3
Three Little Fantasies
Three Whitman Settings
Trumpets
Where The Wild Things Are
### talks about Grainger and Robin Holloway
Songs Without Voices
Variations
Scriabin Settings
Concerto for orchestra
Choral
Music For A Puppet Court
Way To Castle Yonder, The
Frammenti Da 'Chiara'
Opening Signal
Two Organa
Horn Concerto
Whitman Settings
Fantasia upon one note
Prayer Bell Sketch
Variations on Sumer Is Icumen In
Symphony in One Movement
Turba
Requiem - Songs for Sue
Violin Concerto

Instrumentation

Baritone
1
Bass
2
Bassoon
2
Cello
4
Clarinet
3
Double bass
4
Flute
3
French Horn
4
Harp
1
Mezzo soprano
1
Oboe
2
Percussion
4
Piano
1
Soprano
1
Strings
1
Tenor
1
Trombone
3
Tuba
2
Viola
4
Violin 1
6
Violin 2
6

Additional Information

text:Sendak.Com:Opera National, Brussels. fp:28.11.1980; Brussels Opera/Zollman.fp:final version Glyndebourne Opera, London Sinf/composer, NT London.

Details

Fantasy opera in one act, nine scenes
Year
Publisher
Faber Music
Minutes
40

Recordings

Performers
London Sinf/composer
Recording format id
9
Date recorded
1999
Performers
Lisa Saffer (Max), Mary King (Mama), D Wilson-Johnson, C Gillet, Q Hayes, S Richardson (WildThings); London Sinfonietta/composer
Recording format id
2
Record company
Deutsche Grammophon
Venue
Abbey Road Studios, London