FRAGMENTS B118
08′ – 2013
for choir
Fragments B118
And I cried and I lamented when I saw the country, which was not familiar to me”
A string trio and a clarinet, spread out in space, reveal a melodic cell, each cycle of which, seemingly repetitive, shifts them to a sensation of tearing. The four instruments train each other in a whirlwind, until dizziness. A bass drum, far behind, calls songs, like shadows, aspiring to another world. The choir is hidden and crystalline sounds of componiums announce a new unreality.
Set
mixed choir with 2 voices, 1 bass clarinet, 1 violin, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 bass drum percussion, 1 Chinese tam, 17 componiums
Text: On a fragment of Empedocles (B118)
Singing language: Ancient Greek
Premiere: December 3, 2004
Lieu : MC2 38e Rugissants Festival, Grenoble
By: Ars Nova Instrumental ensemble, direction Philippe Nahon chamber choir Les eléments, direction Joël Suhubiette
June 25, 2014 Leipsano (Fragments of Sappho of Mytilene), – Order of the Ensemble Musicatreize, with L’Itineraire, Proxima Centauri, professional and amateur choirs – Auditorium of Bordeaux
October 14, 2013 Fragment (premiere) for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello and contrabass – by DissonArt ensemble, Thessaloniki
September 26, 2013 Leipsano (Fragments of Sappho of Mytilene), premiere – Commissioned by the Musicatreize Ensemble, L’Itineraire, Proxima Centauri, professional and amateur choruses – Marseille Opera
July 4, 2013 Seasons for soprano clarinet viola cello and harp by Note note – Strasbourg
December 3, 2004, Fanariki, Fragment B118, Illuminations, Four songs of war (premiere), Zikr, with Fadia Tomb el-Hage, contralto, Francoise Rivalland, cymbalum, the elements chamber choir, conductor Joel Suhubiette and ensemble Ars Nova , direction Philippe Nahon. MC2, 38e Rugissants Festival, Grenoble, France
Commissioned by ŠamaŠ éditions
© ŠamaŠ éditions musicales 2013
