Claude Vivier (1948-1983)

Siddhartha (1975)

for orchestra in eight groups

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1975
    • Duration: 27 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Commission: English Network of the CBC, pour l’Orchestre national des jeunes du Canada.
    • Dedication: à Michel-Georges Brégent
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Hesse, Hermann (1877-1962), Siddhartha. Eine indische Dichtung, 1922.

Detailed formation
  • 3 flutes, 4 oboes, 4 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 8 percussionists, 16 violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 14 March 1987
    Location:

    Canada, Montréal


    Performers:

    l'Orchestre métropolitain du grand Montréal, Boudreau, direction : Walter Bourdeau.

Observations

Enregistrement : WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, direction : Christian Dierstein, Kairos 0012472KAI.