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Des Fleurs en forme de Diamants »
« Diamond-Shaped Flowers »
mini-concerto
for guitar and a group of seven instruments
Dedicated to Olivier Chassain
1997
Duration : 10 minutes
This piece
was commissioned by the Ministry of Culture.
It was composed on Olivier Chassains initiative, to be given its
first performance in 1998 in Bordeaux by himself and the « Musique
Nouvelle » Ensemble conducted by Michel Fusté-Lambezat.
The instrumental accompaniment includes : a flute in C, a clarinet in
B b, a bassoon, a marimba, a viola, a cello and a four-string double bass.
It has already been on the programme of several concerts, within various
contexts, with Olivier Chassain,Geneviève Chanut or Betho Davezac
as soloist.
It is a one movement piece whose title, refering to a traditional Japanese
decorative pattern, points out exclusively the poetic aspect and glittering
side.
However a dramatic development will evolve towards a paroxysm and give
this music its real meaning.
When the climax is reached, the beat will suddenly break off, to give
place to a shimmering insert.
A spirit of variation gives shape to this music, that two complementary
scales support. All the parameters generally used in Western polyphonic
music are taken into account, with a special care as far as breathing
is concerned (arsis/thesis).
Unpublished
score
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