A journey for all senses on invisible and undefinable waves
Water and the impalpable dimensions of nature form the background of this concert, while riding the waves that cannot be seen, understood or defined.
In Vox balaenae, George Crumb, the most impressionist American composer, suggests and imitates the sounds of humpback whales and their power of communication. As an echo, Ravel’s Water Games (Jeux d’eau) reminds us that water is an ever-present inspiration in the imagination of composers.
Waves are also a magnetic and energy-giving force in Manoa, a piece by Thierry Pécou which evokes Amerindian Shamanism. Here the composer calls the musicians into motion so that the sounds and the movements of the body become one. In Aus den sieben Tagen by Stockhausen, the musicians are asked to express their perception of the score in short, poetic phrases, accompanying the music with movements, in order to contribute to their mutual sympathetic resonance.
Waves is an experience in which the whole body is flooded by the sounds of piano, flute and clarinet.
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The cast
Ensemble Variances
Anne Cartel flute
Carjez Gerretsen clarinets
David Louwerse cello
Thierry Pécou piano
Sylvie Blasco accompanying movements
Program
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Aus den sieben Tagen (From the Seven Days), intuitive music for diverse instruments
Thierry Pécou
Soleil-Tigre for cello and piano
Thierry Pécou
Manoa for bass-flute, bass-clarinet and cello
Maurice Ravel
Jeux d’eau (Water Games), piano solo
George Crumb
Vox balaenae for three masked players (Voice of the whale, for three masked players) for amplified flute, cello and piano
Informations
Partnership Arsenal de Metz and Opéra de Rouen.