Suite baroque
Yves Daoust
Programme notes
Suite baroque was composed for the concert-performance Ni terrible, ni simple (Neither Difficult, Nor Simple) by harpsichordist/actress Catherine Perrin. Used as transitions between solo harpsichord pieces performed by the musician, each of the movements of Suite baroque articulates a different dramatic climate which reflects various “moods” of the performer/actress.
Each movement of the suite is constructed on a specific aspect of the baroque style, its rhetorical processes, its artifices — signs now almost indecipherable but for a small circle of experts.
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Suite baroque was realized at the composer’s studio in 1989. It was premiered as part of the Ni terrible, ni simple performance on February 10, 1989, at Obscure in Québec City. This piece was commissioned by Catherine Perrin.
Premiere
- February 10, 1989, Ni terrible, ni simple, Obscure, Quebec City (Québec)
- Composer(s): Yves Daoust
- Year of composition: 1989
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- Commission: Catherine Perrin
Movements
Toccata
From the preface of the Premier livre des toccatas (1615) by Girolamo Frescobaldi.
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- Movement of: Suite baroque
- Duration: 5:39
- ISRC: CAD509110006
« Qu’ai-je entendu?»
From the opera Castor et Polux (1737) by Jean-Philippe Rameau.
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- Movement of: Suite baroque
- Duration: 2:29
- ISRC: CAD509110008
Les « Agrémens»
From an excerpt of L’art de toucher le clavecin (1717) by François Couperin.
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- Movement of: Suite baroque
- Duration: 6:47
- ISRC: CAD509110010
L’Extase
Love scene between the harpsichordist and her instrument.
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- Movement of: Suite baroque
- Duration: 4:17
- ISRC: CAD509110012
