Qigang Chen (1951)

Iris Dévoilée (2001)

concerted suite for grand orchestra, three female voices and three traditional Chinese instruments

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2001
    • Duration: 44 mn
    • Publisher: Billaudot
    • Commission: Fondation Koussevitzky et Radio France
Detailed formation
  • soloists: 3 sopranos, pipa, guzheng, erhu
  • 3 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 3 oboes, 3 clarinets (also 2 Eb clarinets, bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 4 percussionists, piano, harp, 16 violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 6 February 2002
    Location:

    France, Paris, Radio France, Festival Présences


Table of contents

  1. Ingenious
  2. Chaste
  3. Libertine
  4. Sensitive
  5. Tender
  6. Jealous
  7. Melancholic
  8. Hysterical
  9. Voluptuous