André Jolivet (1905-1974)
Le Cœur de la matière (1965)
cantata for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
1965
- Duration: 30 mn
- Publisher: Billaudot, 1969
- Commission: l'O.R.T.F.
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Libretto (details, author):
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, La Puissance spirituelle de la matière.
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Composition date:
1965
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [Solo voice(s), choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, solo bass voice
- unspecified choir, 3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 3 percussionists, 2 harp, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
9 April 1965
Location:France, Paris, Maison de la Radio
Performers:Andrée Esposito, Marie-Luce Bellary, Jean Giraudeau, Louis Quilico, André Veissières : solistes, chœurs et orchestre philharmonique de l'O.R.T.F., direction : Charles Bruck.