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Hammer and Darkness, Mirror and Knife
1986

2 flutes 1º doubling alto flute; 2º doubling piccolo and alto flute
2 oboes
2 bassoons 2º doubling contrabassoon
2 horns in F
3 trumpets in C 
2 trombones
2 percussion
  1: bass drum, 3 cowbells, crotales, flexatone, 3 gongs, hi-hat, large suspended cymbal, 
      marimba, mark tree, ratchet, snare drum, tam-tam, woodblock
  2: bass drum, castanets, claves, crash cymbal, crotales, guiro, korean blocks, large triangle,
      snare drum, suspended cymbal, tambourine (hand held), tambourine (mounted), triangle,
      vibraphone, vibraslap
2 doublebasses

duration 15' 

first performance:
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, cond. Ronald Feldman
Tanglewood / August 24, 1986

awards:
Tanglewood Prize for Composition 1986 

SCORE

RECORDING—first performance 
n.b. this is poor quality transfer from a cassette tape