general information

composition date
1992
duration
27 min
editor
Alphonse Leduc, Paris
Dedicatee
pour Myung-Whun Chung, Catherine Cantin, Heinz Holliger, Yvonne Loriod, Mstislav Rostropovich.

type

Concertant music (4 or more soloists and ensemble/orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
flute, oboe, cello, piano

2 piccolos, 3 flutes, 3 oboes, English horn, E-flat clarinet [en mib], 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, piccolo trumpet [en ré], 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 7 percussionists, marimba, xylorimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, celesta, 16 violins, 16 second violins, 14 violas, 12 cellos, 10 double basses

information about the creation

date
November 30, 1899

observations

oeuvre inachevée; le Concert fut terminé par Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen, avec la consultation de George Benjamin et Heinz Holliger. Le 2e mouvement, ‘Vocalise’, est une transcription pour hautbois et orchestre de la Vocalise-étude de 1935.

Part titles

I. Entrée

II. Vocalise

III. Cadenza

IV. Rondeau


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