Henri Pousseur (1929-2009)

Sur le Qui-Vive (1985)

female voice, five instruments and recorded sounds

electronic work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1985
    • Duration: 25 mn
    • Publisher: Suvini Zerboni, Milan
    • Dedication: à Luciano Berio pour son soixantième anniversaire
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Michel Butor

Detailed formation
  • soloist: unspecified solo female voice
  • clarinet, cello, tuba, piano (also electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer), percussionist

Premiere information

  • Date: 8 November 1985
    Location:

    Paris, Radio France


    Performers:

    Marianne Pousseur, direction : Georges-Elie Octors.

Information on the electronics
Electronic device: sons fixés sur support