2004 – 1 Movement – Duration: 9 min
Description: The Pleiades (a/k/a the Seven Sisters) is a group of seven stars that is part of the Taurus constellation. Many astronomers say that it is best seen by first finding it and then looking away from it. That concept was the inspiration for this piece.
Instrumentation: picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, BsCl, 2 bsn, 3 trp, 4 hrn, 2trb, BsTrb, tba, 3 perc, timp, harp, strings
The Pleiades
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