Description
Oratorio pour une femme seule: Simone Weil
pour récitant et orchestre op. 39
Instrumentation: narrator and orchestra
Edition: hire material
Year: 2011
Duration: 24′
Text: Emmanuel Bourdieu
Text in English, French and German
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Oratorium for one woman: Simone Weil
for Orchestra and Narrator op. 39 (24‘) (2011)
Commissioned by Radio France and the Orchestre National de l‘Ile de France, the Oratorio op.39 for a single woman has been written during autumn 2011. With a duration of 24mn, the work is written according to a libretto of Emmanuel Bourdieu. Six importants years describe the life of the philosopher Simone Weil.
à la mémoire de mon fils Paul Gagnaire
Créé le 28 octobre 2012 Salle Pleyel Paris
Orchestre National d‘Ile de France
Direction : Enrique Mazzola
Commande de Radio France et de l‘Orchestre National d‘Ile de France
Instrumentation:
Cordes: 16/14/12/10/8, Bois: 3 flûtes dont 1 jouant piccolo, 3 hautbois dont 1 jouant le cor anglais, 2 clarinettes en si b, 1 clarinette basse, 2 bassons, 1 contrebasson, Cuivres: 4 cors en fa, 2 trompettes en ut, 2 trombones ténor, 1 trombone basse, 1 tuba, 3 percussionnistes, 1 harpe
