Sun Rings (2001)

for string quartet, choir and sounds recorded in space by NASA

by Terry Riley (1935)

Électronique

general information

composition date
2001
duration
1h 20min
publisher
Associated Music Publishers
Commission
NASA

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Choir(s) and ensemble of up to 9 instruments)

detailed formation

Soloist
unspecified choir

violin, second violin, viola, cello

Information on the electronics

Electronic device
fixed sound

Part titles

  • Overture
  • Hero Danger
  • BeeBopterismo
  • Planet Elf Sindoori
  • Earth Whistlers
  • Earth/Jupiter Kiss
  • The Electron Cyclotron Frequency Parlour
  • Prayer Central
  • Venus Upstream

similar works

Same type
Composed the same year
Same detailed formation

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