Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994)

Les espaces du sommeil (1975)

for baritone and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date : 1975
    • Duration : 15 mn
    • Publisher : Chester Music
    • Libretto (details, author) :

      Robert Desnos, tiré de Corps et biens (1926).

Detailed formation
  • soloist : solo baritone
  • 3 flutes (also 2 double contrabass flutes), 3 oboes, 3 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussionist, harp, celesta, piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date : 12 April 1978
    Location :

    Allemagne, Berlin, Philharmonie


    Performers :

    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau : baryton et l'Orchestre philharmonique de Berlin, direction : Witold Lutosławski.