Fragments de lettre à un habitant du Centre
Kamal Ben Hameda, Annette Vande Gorne
Programme notes
To Éveline Legrand
Speed, channel-hopping, agitation, indifference, fragmentation
— Annette Vande Gorne [English translation
Fragments de lettre à un habitant du Centre [Fragments from a Letter to a Resident of the Centre] was realized in 2002 at the Métamorphoses d’Orphée studio of Musiques & Recherches in Ohain (Belgium), and premiered on October 1, 2002 during the 9th International Acousmatic Festival L’Espace du son at Théâtre Marni (Brussels, Belgium). The piece was commissioned by Éveline Legrand with support from the ministry of Communauté française de Belgique. The text is excerpted from the book Fragments de lettre à un habitant du Centre / Brieffragmenten aan een inwoner van het Centrum by Kamal Ben Hameda (L’Harmattan, 2001). The recorded reader is Éveline Legrand. Thanks to Hans Tutschku for his precious support.
Premiere
- October 1, 2002, L’Espace du son 2002
: Concert de créations, Théâtre Marni, Brussels (Belgium)
- Writer(s): Kamal Ben Hameda
- Composer(s): Annette Vande Gorne
- Year of composition: 2002
- Duration: 12:13
- Instrumentation: 5.1-channel fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- Commission: Éveline Legrand with support from the Ministère de la Communauté française de Belgique
- ISRC: CAD500810230
