Betsy Jolas (1926)

Liring Ballade (1980)

for baritone and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1980
    • Duration: 22 mn
    • Publisher: Billaudot, 1996
    • Commission: Commande d'Etat
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Poèmes en allemand d’Eugène Jolas

Detailed formation
  • soloist: solo baritone
  • 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 tubas, 4 percussionists, piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 20 November 1980
    Location:

    France, Metz, Rencontres Internationales de Musique Contemporaine


    Performers:

    Orchestre Philharmonique de Lille ; Jacques Mercier, direction