The work 'Tout un monde lointain…' for cello and orchestra was commissioned by cellist Mstislav Rostropovich in 1961, who also gave its first performance in 1970.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Henri Dutilleux considers the human voice to be 'the most beautiful instrument of all,' despite writing nothing for voice for many years.
Composition History
The title 'Correspondances' also refers to letters, as two of the texts set in the work are from letters by Alexander Solzhenitsyn to Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya, and from Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo.
Composition History
The work 'Correspondances' is titled after a poem by Charles Baudelaire, reflecting the composer's intention to find orchestral sonorities matching his chosen texts.
Composition History
The Shadows of Time, a work for orchestra with three children's voices, was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and premiered in 1997.
Composition History
The central movement of 'The Shadows of Time', titled 'Memory of Shadows', was written in memory of Anne Frank.
Composer Biography
Henri Dutilleux, a senior figure in French music, wrote a relatively small body of music due to teaching, work for French radio, and his painstaking reinvention of his language and technique.
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