SOLEIL
4′ – 2015
a capella voice
Soleil
“What emerges from the reading of the texts written by the prisoners is the rage of speech. Express yourself at all costs, with rare intensity. The most iconic poem is “inside out”; words piled up like so many open wounds and suffering. Taking this text in its entirety allowed me to turn this word into a musical subject, human energy into vocal energy. A lamento closed the work with a space given to the songs of the prisoners themselves, where they join the professional singers, the people of the “outside” for a painful but hopeful cry.”
Zad Moultaka
set
four soloists, men’s choir
On a booklet written during a workshop
Singing language: French
Premiere: December 18, 2015
Venue: Chambéry prison
Britten choir and detainees
October 8, 2015, Meeting with the poet Adonis, House of Poetry – Scène littéraire, Festival Ile de France
October 10, 2015 Crossing premiere with Adonis, Amel Brahim Djelloul, ensemble Mezwej, Vincennes, Jean-Pierre Miquel auditorium. Ile de France Festival
March 11, 2016 The Adonis Passion with Adonis, Amel Brahim Djelloul, together Mezwej GMEM Auditorium of ABD Gaston Defferre, Marseille
March 24, 2016 The Adonis Passion with Adonis, Hasnaa Bennani, together Mezwej Festival The Detours of Babel, Grenoble
Commissioned by Spirito
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