Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

Un sourire (1989)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1989
    • Duration: 10 mn
    • Publisher: Alphonse Leduc, nº AL 27567
    • Commission: Marek Janowski pour célébrer le bicentenaire de la mort de Mozart
Detailed formation
  • 1 piccolo, 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 1 English horn, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 1 trumpet, 2 percussionists, 1 xylophone, 1 xylorimba, 16 violins, 16 second violins, 14 violas, 12 cellos

Premiere information

  • Date: 5 December 1991
    Location:

    Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris


    Performers:

    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, direction : Marek Janowski.