Earth Dances
Earth Dances is an orchestral work by British composer Harrison Birtwistle. Its title is part of a geological metaphor that is also found in the piece's structure: Birtwistle has divided the orchestra into six 'strata', whose changing relationships reflect those of the earth's geological layers.[1] It was composed in 1986 for the BBC Symphony Orchestra.[2]
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Harrison Birtwistle
- Punch and Judy (1966–67)
- Down by the Greenwood Side (1968–69)
- The Mask of Orpheus (1973–84)
- Yan Tan Tethera (1986)
- Gawain (1990–91, revised 1994 & 1999)
- The Second Mrs Kong (1993–94)
- The Last Supper (1998–99)
- The Io Passion (2003–04)
- The Minotaur (2005–07)
- The Corridor (2008–09)
- Earth Dances
- Panic
- The Triumph of Time
- Silbury Air
- The Innocents
- The Offence
- Adam Birtwistle
- Culture of Manchester
- Opera in English
- Postmodern music
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