"En Quête"
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First part of the collaborative venture with the photographer Guy Bompais, En Quête was written in 1996 for narrator, mezzo-soprano, violin and piano.
In 2011, the composer wrote a new version for narrator, mezzo-soprano, alt-saxophone and piano.
This work hovers somewhere between police enquiry and philosophical quest. We follow a lone man who is wandering in strangely lit streets, without apparent purpose, without clearly defined acts. His thoughts are forcefully expressed by Jean-Pierre Rosnay's poems excerpted from his "Fragments et reliefs".
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© Guy Bompais |
The exhibition was shown in Paris, France (Mois Off de la Photographie -1996), Iasi, Romania (Centre Culturel Français - 1997) and Adelaide, Australia (Adelaide Fringe Festival - 1998).
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Audio Sample 1: 1st version - middle of the work, by Marcelle Rosnay (narrator), Marie Kobayashi (mezzo soprano), Lucie Bessière (violin), Fuminori Tanada (piano), Didier Latroupe (conductor).
CD "En Quête", Galun Records.
Audio Sample 2: 2d version - end of the work, by Alain Carre (narrator), Amaya Dominguez (mezzo soprano), Jean-Yves Fourmeau (alt-saxophone), Martin Surot (piano).
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