Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023)

True Fire (2014)

for baritone and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2014
    • Duration: 27 mn
    • Publisher: Chester Music
    • Commission: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Sinfonieorchester, BBC Symphony Orchestra et l'Orchestre national de France
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Ralph Waldo Emerson, Seamus Heaney, Mahmoud Darwish, et textes traditionnels Amérindiens.

Detailed formation
  • soloist: baritone
  • 3 flutes (also piccolo, alto flute), 2 oboes, 3 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, harp, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 14 May 2015
    Location:

    États-Unis, Los Angeles, Walt Disney Concert Hall


    Performers:

    Gerald Finley, baryton ; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel, direction.