Ruo: Tipping Point

Description

• Composer: Huang Ruo (1976-)
• Format: Full Score
• Instrumentation: Orchestra
• Work: Tipping Point (A Climate-Crisis Symphony) (2023)
• Binding: Spiral Bound
• Size: 10.8 x 16.9 inches
• Pages: None

Description

Co-commissioned by Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra, China NCPA Orchestra, and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Premiered February 17, 2023 · Baltimore, MD (USA); Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall; Conductor: Marin Alsop · Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Instrumentation:

3 Flutes

3 Oboes

3 Clarinets in Bb

3 Bassoons

4 Horns in F

3 Trumpets in C

3 Trombones

Tuba

Percussion 1 Piece of Wood (like clock-ticking sound), Marimba, Waterphone (bowed), Large Bass Drum

Percussion 2 Crotales (hit & bowed), Large Indonesian Button Gong, Medium Indonesian Button Gong, Small Indonesian Button Gong, Wind-Machine with Thunder-Tube

2 Violin I

2 Violin II

2 Violas

2 Cellos

Contrabass