Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Symphonie n°1, Jeremiah (1939 -1943)

for orchestra and voice

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1939 - 1943
    • Duration: 24 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Dedication: à mon père
    • Libretto (details, author):

      texte en hébreu issu des Lamentations de Jérémie.

Detailed formation
  • soloist: mezzo-soprano
  • 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, Eb clarinet, bass clarinet [ou clarinette mib] , 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists [ou 4] , piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 28 January 1944
    Location:

    États-Unis, Pittsburgh, Mosquée de Syrie


    Performers:

    Jennie Tourel : mezzo-soprano, le Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, direction : Leonard Bernstein.

Table of contents

I. Prophecy ; II. Profanation ; III. Lamentation.