Isôn
8′ – 2010
for orchestra
Isôn
The isôn is a second voice that accompanies the melody throughout a piece by one or two held notes. The term comes from Byzantine music. It represents the sound crystallization of the reference sound of the sung phrase. Zad Moultaka writes here a work that tries to treat the noise of life, of the city, exterior and interior, to create discontinuous continuity. A form that thickens, solidifies, then under the attacks crumbles, bursts, until the fluidity of the sound mass.
set
2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone
1 percussion, 8 violins I, 6 violins II, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 2 contrabasses
percussions
xylophone, bass drum, metal, steel drum, timpani, rattlesnakes (fa, fa, ground, ground sharp), large suspended cymbal
Premiere: May 6, 7 and 8, 2010
Venue: Pau, Palais Beaumont
Théâtre Beaulieu
By: Orchestre de Pau Pays de Béarn musical
director: Fayçal Karoui
direction: Joël Suhubiette
January 29, 2012 Cannes (Cannes-Croisette Theater) by the Orchestre Régional de Cannes
direction Roberto FORES VESES, guest conductor
March 8, 2013 St. Joseph Church Beirut, Lebanon by the Philharmonic Orchestra, direction Jordi Mora Griso
Commissioned by l’OPPB, Orchestre de Pau Pays de Béarn
© ŠamaŠ éditions musicales 2010
