L’inénarrable Nout
Dominique Bassal
Programme notes
In the Egyptian mythology, Nut is the goddess of the sky. This piece metaphorically describes one single night, lived in an awakened state, gazing at the stars, which are in fact painted on Nut’s naked, dark body. But it is also a deep sleeping experience, complete with moments of euphoria, astral travel and confused, recurring dreams. The last 70 seconds are either a sudden sunrise in front of the observer, or the awakening of a parallel self.
Almost 90
— Dominique Bassal [English translation
L’inénarrable Nout [The Unspeakable Nut] was realized in stereo in May 2002 (a first superficial revision and the transfer to 7.1 were realized in December 2005) at the composer’s studio in Montréal, and premiered on 10 February 2006, during an ÉuCuE concert at the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall of Concordia University, Montréal. The final versions (stereo and 5.1) were substantially revised in March 2009.
Premiere
- February 10, 2006, ÉuCuE XXIV
: Concert 13, Salle de concert Oscar-Peterson — Campus Loyola — Université Concordia, Montréal (Québec)
- Composer(s): Dominique Bassal
- Year of composition: 2002, 09
- Duration: 18:53
- Instrumentation: 5.1-channel fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISRC: CAD500910173
