general information

composition date
1945
duration
8 min
editor
Alphonse Leduc, Paris
Commission
Henry Barraud, Directeur du Service de la Musique, Radio-diffusion Française
Libretto (details, author)

Poème d’Olivier Messiaen

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Mixed choir and orchestra)

detailed formation

3 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, 3 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, glockenspiel, piano, 18 violins, 16 second violins, 14 violas, 12 cellos, 10 double basses

information about the creation

date
November 2, 1945

Paris, Palais de Chaillot, lors d'un concert de musique française à la mémoire des déportés

interpreters

Manuel Rosenthal : direction.

observations

Choeur : sopranos et ténors en grand nombre.


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