Thierry Escaich (1965)

Les Nuits hallucinées (2008)

for mezzo-soprano and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2008
    • Duration: 17 mn
    • Publisher: Billaudot
    • Commission: Commande d’État.
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Poèmes d’Henri Michaux, Tristan Corbière et Victor Hugo.

Detailed formation
  • soloist: 1 solo soprano
  • 3 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 3 tubas, 1 percussionist, 1 harp, 1 celesta, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 22 May 2008
    Location:

    Lyon, Auditorium


    Performers:

    Nora Gubisch : mezzo-soprano et l’Orchestre national de Lyon, direction : Jun Märkl.

Observations

Enregistrement : CD Universal.

Table of contents

  • I. Dans la nuit, 8'
  • II. Rondel, 2'
  • III. Les Djinns, 7'