O Violino Cigano

Instrumentation: Speaker and Orchestra

2(II=Picc).2(II=CA).2(II=EbCl=BCl).2(II=Cbsn) / 2.2.0.0 / 1Perc(Glock, Tri, 2Cast, Tamb, SusCym).Timp / Hp / Strings

Duration: 30 Minutes  |  7 Movements (without interruption)

Première: 10th March 2006

Teatro Municipal São Luiz, Lisbon, Portugal

Luís Rodrigues (speaker)

Xuan Du (leader)

Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, Cesário Costa (cond.)

Text: Pedro Faria Gomes, based on a Gypsy folk tale (Portuguese)

​A version in English is also available

Commissioned by the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, in a co-production with the Teatro Municipal São Luiz