1974 in Music - Classical Music

Classical Music

  • Anne Boyd – Angklung for piano
  • George Crumb – Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) for two amplified pianos and percussion (two players).
  • Mario Davidovsky – Synchronisms No. 7 for orchestra and tape
  • Mario Davidovsky – Synchronisms No. 8 for woodwind quintet and tape
  • Einar Englund – Piano Concerto no. 2
  • Lorenzo Ferrero
    • Ellipse III
    • Ellipse IV (Waldmusik)
  • Nicolas Flagello – The Passion of Martin Luther King (oratorio)
  • Joaquin Homs – Trio
  • György Ligeti – San Francisco Polyphony for orchestra (1973–74)
  • Wolfgang Regel – Requiem "à la mémoire de César Geoffray"
  • Steve Reich – Music for 18 Musicians
  • Wolfgang Rihm –
    • Dis-Kontur for orchestra
    • Hervorgedunkelt (text: Paul Celan), for mezzo-soprano, flute, harp, vibraphone, cello, organ, and percussion
    • Klavierstück Nr. 4
    • Siebengestalt, for organ and tam-tam
  • Dmitri Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen – Inori for one or two soloists and orchestra

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