Duration: Approx. 21 minutes
Dedicated to Hank Swinnen

"Ruach" is the Hebrew word meaning air or breath, as well as spirit or soul.

Scoring

2 Flutes
2 Oboes
2 Clarinets in B^b
2 Bassoons

4 Horns in F
Trumpet

Timpani
Percussion:
Player 1
Pair of cymbals
Player 2
2 Thai gongs played with felt sticks
Ratchet
Player 3
Triangle
Tam-tam
Tambourine

Harp

Oboe solo

String Orchestra

Score in C

 

First performance was on February 3, 2004 in the Geert Teis Theater in Stadskanaal, performed by Henk Swinnen, oboe, and the North Netherlands Orchestra conducted by Michel Tabachnik.