The Flight of Icarus
Composed: 1990
Duration: 21 mins
Instrumentation: Picc · 2 · 2 · C.A. · 2 · BCl. · 2 ·
CBn. – 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 – Timp · Perc (3 players) – Strings
Commissioned by: the BBC
1st performance: Cardiff, 9 January 1991
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk
Published by: Bardic Edition
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 2
Recording by Norrköping Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Martyn Brabbins (BIS-CD-1578)
By kind permission of Bis Records
Programme note
The Flight of Icarus excerpt 1.
The Flight of Icarus excerpt 2.