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Benjamin, George: Octet (score)

Category: Chamber Ensemble
Extent: 40 pages
Publication: August 19, 1985
Publisher: Faber Music
Catalogue number: 0571508081
ISMN: 9780571508082
Premiered in February 1979, George Benjamin's Octet was begun only months after the conclusion of his studies with Olivier Messiaen and was his first attempt to integrate all that he had learnt in Paris on an instrumental canvas. The colourful 10-minute work (scored for flute, clarinet, percussion, celesta and four strings) has a general scherzando character, occasionally punctured by moments of lyricism or strident dynamism.
 ‚The sheer technical aplomb of the work continues to amaze. Benjamin wrote it when he was eighteen, the beautifully dappled structure and wonderfully imagined effects seem to evidence a far deeper maturity.'
Financial Times (Andrew Clements), 24 February 1987 

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