CINQ HAÏKUS
8′ – 2012
for viola and voice
Cinq haïkus
These Cinq haïkus are poems written by women They are treated by the composer in a short, even lightning way and explore a range of sound, timbre and rhythm possibilities around both instruments alto voice and viola. This reminds us of Kurtag’s forms in brief. Fleeting moments, excitement, hints… Another image could arise like Berio’s folksongs, since these miniatures are shaped and dance like Cathy Berberian’s shadow … Yet no borrowing from tradition here. Rather a cycle of new melodies that would have been invited in the way of Pirandello’s characters.
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These five haikus are poems written by women They are treated by the composer in a short, even lightning way and explore a range of sound, timbre and rhythm possibilities around both instruments alto voice and viola. This reminds us of Kurtag’s forms in brief. Fleeting moments, excitement, hints… Another image could arise like Berio’s folksongs, since these miniatures are shaped and dance like Cathy Berberian’s shadow … Yet no borrowing from tradition here. Rather a cycle of new melodies that would have been invited in the way of Pirandello’s characters.
soprano or tenor
Premiere: April 12, 2012
Location: Irtijal Festival, Al Madina Theater, Beirut
By: Françoise Kubler, vocals and Christophe Desjardins, viola
October 13, 2012 Festival Ile de France, CRR de Paris premiere française by Françoise Kubler, soprano and Christophe Desjardins, alto
March 28, 2013 Le Chenal bleu, Montreuil/Seine by Mareike Schellenberger mezzo and Garth Knox, alto
April 30, 2017 Le Cairo, Contemporary Music days by The Egyptian Contemporary Music Ensemble
Commissioned by Mezwej
© ŠamaŠ editions musicales 2013
