Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Symphonie de psaumes (1930)

for mixed choir and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1930
      Revision dates: 1948
    • Duration: 23 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Psaumes XXXVIII. 13–14, XXXIX. 2–4.

Detailed formation
  • mixed choir à 4 voix
  • 5 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 4 oboes, 1 English horn, 1 clarinet, 3 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 4 horns, 5 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 1 timpani, 1 percussionist, 2 harp [ou 1] , 2 pianos, 1 cello, 1 double bass

Premiere information

  • Date: 13 December 1930
    Location:

    Belgique, Bruxelles, Palais des Beaux-Arts


    Performers:

    la Société Philharmonique de Bruxelles, direction : Ernest Ansermet.