Les Illuminations (Symphonie Rimbaldienne) pour orchestre symphonique, chœur, soli et récitant

Part I- Prélude (Rimbaud)

Part II- Six lieder pour deux solistes, récitant et orchestre :

1- Aube

2- J’ai tendu des cordes de clocher à clocher

3- Des fleurs magiques bourdonnaient

4- Au bois il y a un oiseau

5- Je suis le saint

6- Qu’on me loue enfin ce tombeau;

Part III. Villes

This work was premiered on November 28, 1943 to great acclaim with Hélène Bouvier, Charles Panzera, Eugene Bigot and Concerts Lamoureux in the Grande Salle Pleyel. Alain Decruck's collection contains a program and press reviews. Alain Decruck's collection also contains an incomplete version of the piano reduction (missing songs 4-6 in Part 2), an insert and earlier piano/vocal scores. The full score is missing. Alain remembers hearing the work as a boy on the radio so it's possible that a recording is extant.