general information

composition date
1992-1993
duration
19 min
editor
Salabert
Dedicatee
à Daniel Barenboïm et Alain Prost
Commission
commande d’état pour l’Orchestre de Paris

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Triple wind orchestra (or larger))

detailed formation

4 flutes (also 4 piccolos), 4 oboes (also English horn), contrabass clarinet (also 4 clarinets), 4 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones (also bass trombone), tuba, 5 percussionists, piano (also celesta), 16 violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses, soprano saxophone (also sopranino saxophone, baritone saxophone)

information about the creation

date
September 29, 1993

Paris, Salle Pleyel

interpreters

l'Orchestre de Paris, direction : Michel Tabachnik.

observations

d'après Années-lumière, poème tiré du recueil L’attente… L’absolu, éditions d’Ecarts, Paris, 2004

Part titles

  1. Danse de l’univers
  2. Spirales d’astéroïdes
  3. Cristal de galaxie
  4. Gravitation
  5. L’univers en expansion

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