Le renard et la rose
Robert Normandeau
Programme notes
To Odile Magnan
Le renard et la rose [The Fox and the Rose] is a concert suite composed from two sound sources
It is the third work in a cycle begun in 1991 (Éclats de voix and Spleen [recorded on the album Tangram, empreintes DIGITALes, IMED 9419/20, and IMED 9920] were the first two) and is based exclusively on the use of the voice
In each of the work’s five parts a state or feeling experienced in adulthood is associated with a sonic framework
The voices of the different characters are those of Pierre Bourgault, Françoise Davoine, Cynthia Dubois, Michel Dumont, Gilles Dupuis, Luc Durand, Monique Giroux, Jacques Languirand, Jean Marchand, Jean-Louis Millette, Guy Nadon, Martin Pensa, Gérard Poirier, Claude Préfontaine and Christine Séguin.
— Robert Normandeau [English translation
Le renard et la rose was realized at the composer’s studio with a grant from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ). The piece was commissioned by The Banff Centre for the Arts for the 1995 International Computer Music Conference (ICMC ’95) with support from the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA). Le renard et la rose had its premiere on September 6, 1995 at the Banff Centre for the Arts. It won the Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica (Linz, Autriche, 1996). It has been recorded a number of times
Premiere
- September 6, 1995, ICMC 1995
: Concert, Margaret Greenham Theatre — The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff (Alberta, Canada)
Awards
- Composer(s): Robert Normandeau
- Year of composition: 1995
- Cycle: Onomatopées
- Duration: 14:55
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- Commission: The Banff Centre for the Arts, with support from the CCA
- ISRC: CAD509913550
Movements
Babillage et rythme
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Nostalgie et timbre
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Colère et dynamique
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Lassitude et espace
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Sérénité et texture
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