Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

La ville d'en-haut (1987)

for piano and wind and percussion orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1987
    • Duration: 12 mn
    • Publisher: Alphonse Leduc, nº AL 28829
    • Commission: Michel Guy pour le Festival d'Automne de Paris
Detailed formation
  • soloist: 1 piano
  • 5 flutes, 4 oboes, 5 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 4 percussionists, 1 glockenspiel, 1 xylophone, 1 xylorimba, 1 marimba

Premiere information

  • Date: 17 November 1989
    Location:

    Salle Pleyel


    Performers:

    Orchestre Symphonique de la BBC direction : Pierre Boulez