Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

Service sacré (1947)

for baritone, narrator, mixed choir and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1947
    • Duration: 60 mn
    • Publisher: Salabert
    • Opus: 141
    • Commission: Mrs Heller
    • Dedication: Mrs Heller
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Textes liturgiques avec prières additionnelles pour le vendredi soir.

Detailed formation
  • soloists: baritone, narrator
  • mixed choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, drum kit, harp, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 18 May 1949
    Location:

    États-Unis, San Francisco, Temple Emanu-El


    Performers:

    San Francisco Symphonic Orchestra ; Chœur de University of California ; R. Rinder, cantor ; E. Jones, voix ; Darius Milhaud, direction.

Observations

L'œuvre se divise en quatre parties.