Philippe Schœller (1957)

Légendes I : Wasser (1992 -1993)

for orchestra and narrator ad libitum

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1992 - 1993
    • Duration: 25 mn
    • Publisher: Schott
    • Commission: Centre de la Chartreuse-lez-Avignon (résidence du compositeur)
    • Dedication: au Dr. Peter Hanser-Strecker
    • Libretto (details, author):

      sur des textes de Jean-Luc Parant

Detailed formation
  • soloist: narrator [ad lib.]
  • 2 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 1 oboe d'amore, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, harp, piano (also celesta), 8 violins, 8 second violins, 6 violas, 6 cellos, 4 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: July 1993
    Location:

    France, Avignon, Chartreuse-lez-Avignon, Festival d'Avignon


    Performers:

    Michael Lonsdale : récitant et l’Orchestre Lyrique Région Avignon Provence, direction : François-Xavier Bilger.