Hugues Dufourt (1943)

Saturne (1978 -1979)

for twenty-two instrumentalists

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1978 - 1979
    • Duration: 40 mn
    • Publisher: Jobert, Paris, nº JJ 1002
    • Commission: Ministère de la Culture (France)
Detailed formation
  • 2 bass flutes, 2 oboes (also 1 English horn, 1 oboe d'amore, 1 baritone oboe), 1 clarinet (also 1 basset horn), 1 contrabass clarinet (also 1 basset horn), 1 bassoon (also 1 contrabassoon), 2 horns, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone (also 1 bass trumpet), 1 tuba (also 1 contrabass trombone), 6 percussionists, 2 electric guitars, 2 electric organs (also 1 ondes Martenot)

Premiere information

  • Date: 3 December 1979
    Location:

    Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris


    Performers:

    Ensemble Itinéraire, direction : Peter Eötvös