Lily
Yves Daoust
Programme notes
I tend to work in layers, like in counterpoint, and I try to make each layer as autonomous as possible. Then I stack them, one on top of the other, and this occasionally makes for stunning pairings that will turn meanings upside down. Lily is the result of that process.
Layer #1
Layer #2
My first job as a composer consisted in articulating the material, which consisted mostly of Simone Chartrand’s voice. Nothing too complicated. Most of all I wanted to respect Lily’s testimony.
Those first two layers form the 2011-12 stereo, fixed media version of Lily.
Layer #3
Finally, layer #4
— Yves Daoust [English translation
Lily was realized in 2011-12 at the composer’s studio in Montréal (Québec) and premiered on March 15, 2012 during the concert Électrochoc 6 at the Studio multimédia of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal (Québec).
Premiere
- March 15, 2012, Électrochoc 2011-12
: Électrochoc 6: Yves Daoust, Studio multimédia — Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Montréal (Québec)
- Composer(s): Yves Daoust
- Year of composition: 2011-12
- Duration: 17:37
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISRC: CAD502210025
