general information

composition date
1980
duration
between 26 min and 29 min
editor
Salabert
Dedicatee
pour Arielle
Commission
commande d’état pour le festival de Metz
Libretto (details, author)

poème d'Allain Gaussin, tiré du recueil L’attente… L’absolu, éditions d’Ecarts, Paris, 2004

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice(s), solo instrument(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano, narrator [ad lib.], flute

3 flutes (also 3 piccolos), 3 oboes (also English horn), bass clarinet (also 3 clarinets), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 4 percussionists, piano, 14 violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, 6 double basses

information about the creation

date
November 1980

France, Metz, festival

interpreters

l'Orchestre philharmonique de Lorraine, direction : Peter Eötvös.

observations

Extraits utilisés pour la musique du film Coïncidences de Pascal Signolet sur les éclipses solaires, avec aussi Éclipse, diffusé le 8 août 1999 sur Arte.


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