-  General information
    
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            Composition date:
          
          
          1992 - 1993
            
              
 - Duration: 19 mn
 - Publisher: Salabert, Paris
 - Commission: commande d’état pour l’Orchestre de Paris
 - Dedication: à Daniel Barenboïm et Alain Prost
 
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            Composition date:
          
          
          1992 - 1993
            
              
 
- Type
   
- Instrumental ensemble music [Triple wind orchestra (or larger)]
 
 
  Detailed formation
  
  
- 4 flutes (also 4 piccolos), 4 oboes (also English horn), 4 clarinets (also contrabass clarinet), soprano saxophone (also sopranino saxophone, baritone saxophone), 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
 
Premiere information
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            Date:
            
              29 September 1993
            
            
            
          
          
Location:Paris, Salle Pleyel
Performers: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
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