Lettre de Sarajevo
Francis Dhomont
Programme notes
To victims everywhere: the dispossessed, the sacrificed, the forgotten
What can be said about Sarajevo that has not already been said
The title came to me, sudden and obvious
Even though they may be common, how can one remain deaf to such provocations
— Francis Dhomont [English translation
Lettre de Sarajevo [Letter from Sarajevo] was realized in 1995-96 at the Syter studio of the Ina-GRM (Paris, France) and at the composer’s studio and premiered on 22 February 1996 as part of the Festival Présences of Radio France in the Salle Olivier Messiaen of the Maison de Radio France (Paris, France). A first version, presented in August 1995 at the Festival d’art acousmatique Futura (Crest, France) under the title “Esquisse pour Sarajevo,” received the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA). Lettre de Sarajevo was commissioned by the French State (Music Office) for the Festival d’art acousmatique Futura (Crest, France). Lettre de Sarajevo was recorded on the 1996 disc Sonic Circuits IV (Innova 113).
Premiere
- August 30, 1995, Futura 95
: Concert portrait, Éden, Crest (Drôme, France) - February 22, 1996, Premiere of the final version
: Cycle acousmatique Son-Mu 96, Festival Présences 96: Concert, Salle Olivier Messiaen — Maison de Radio France, Paris (France)
- Composer(s): Francis Dhomont
- Year of composition: 1995-96
- Duration: 14:38
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- Commission: French State (Music Office)
- ISRC: CAD500316000
