- Title
- Connotations
- For
- orchestra
- Year Composed
- 1962
- Scoring
- 3(III=piccII).picc.2.corA.2.Ebcl.bcl.3(III=dbn)-6.4.4.1-timp.perc(5): glsp/vib/xyl/conga dr/timbales/cyms/metal sheet/tam-t/tgl/claves/tpl. bl/wdbl/BD/SD/TD-pft(=cel)-strings
- ARCO Number(s)
- 83
- Category
- Orchestral
- Duration
- 20'
- Premiere
- World: New York, September 23rd, 1962 (New York Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Leonard Bernstein)
- Commission Info
- The New York Philharmonic, in celebration of its opening season in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
- Dedication
- To the Members of the Orchestra and its Music Director, Leonard Bernstein
- Publisher
- Boosey & Hawkes
- Publishing Status
- Published
Buying Options
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Program Note
Copland knew that other music for the gala opening of Philharmonic Hall would be traditional. He said, "I preferred to compose a work expressing something of the tensions, aspirations, and drama inherent in contemporary living." In order to do this, he employed a personalized kind of serialism. The result was an abstract piece that is intense and dramatic in nature. It includes special percussion effects as well as a piano solo. Copland dedicated the piece to the players of the New York Philharmonic.
- Author
- Vivian Perlis
- Year
- 1998
