André Jolivet (1905-1974)

Le Cœur de la matière (1965)

cantata for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1965
    • Duration: 30 mn
    • Publisher: Billaudot, 1969
    • Commission: l'O.R.T.F.
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, La Puissance spirituelle de la matière.

Detailed formation
  • soloists: soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, solo bass voice
  • unspecified choir, 3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, 2 harp, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 9 April 1965
    Location:

    France, Paris, Maison de la Radio


    Performers:

    Andrée Esposito, Marie-Luce Bellary, Jean Giraudeau, Louis Quilico, André Veissières : solistes, chœurs et orchestre philharmonique de l'O.R.T.F., direction : Charles Bruck.