Philippe Hersant (1948)

Paysage avec ruines (1999)

for mezzo-soprano and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1999
    • Duration: 21 mn
    • Publisher: Durand
    • Commission: Orchestre National de Lyon
    • Dedication: à Luisa Islam-Ali-Zade & l'Orchestre National de Lyon
    • Libretto (details, author):

      sur un poème de Georg Trakl

Detailed formation
  • soloist: mezzo-soprano
  • 3 flutes (also piccolo), oboe, oboe d'amore, English horn, A clarinet, clarinet [en si bémol] (also bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, harp, piano (also celesta), 16 violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 3 December 1999
    Location:

    France, Lyon, Auditorium


    Performers:

    Luisa Islam Ali Zade, mezzo-soprano ; Orchestre National de Lyon ; Yann-Pascal Tortelier, direction