Scoring:
sop, msop, alto, ten, actor, 2.2.2.2 - 2.2.1.0 – perc, pno, strings
A consortium of orchestras, including The Idyllwild Arts Academy
Orchestra, the Salt Lake Symphony, the Boise Philharmonic, the
Mansfield Symphony and the University of Utah Philharmonia have
commissioned the Schumann Trilogy to celebrate the bicentennial
of Robert Schumann’s birth in 2010. The trilogy was premiered at the
REDCAT Theater in Los Angeles by the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra,
Peter Askim, Music Director on May 8th, 2010. It is comprised of three
pieces -- Figments and Fragments, Cool Night and Genealogie -- which can be performed together or separately.