Philippe Hersant (1948)

Pygmalion (2017)

melologue on a ballad by Goethe, for narrator and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2017
    • Duration: 15 mn
    • Publisher: Durand
    • Commission: Paris Mozart Orchestra
    • Dedication: à Claire Gibault & au Paris Mozart Orchestra
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Goethe

Detailed formation
  • soloist: narrator
  • 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 15 June 2018
    Location:

    France, Paris, Cité de la Musique


    Performers:

    Natalie Dessay, récitante ; Paris Mozart Orchestra ; Claire Gibault, direction