Desiderata for narrator and orchestra
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Instrumentation
2 flutes (Flute 1 doubling Piccolo )
oboe ( doubling cor anglais)
clarinet in Eb
clarinet in Bb
Bassoon
2 horns in F
trumpet in C
tenor trombone
Timpani
3 percussion
Harp
piano violin 1 (div)
violin 2 (div)
viola (div)
cello (div)
double bass
Additional Information
This piece pits a narrator (only partially heard in this recording) reading Max Ehrmann's popular poem against a background of orchestral images which also contrast his words or intersects them with a musical fabric woven from various types of "canon".