Replica
Martin Bédard, Marie-Hélène Breault
Programme notes
To Suzanne
The Replica project is inspired by the existential opposition between continuity and transformation as comprised in the sentence “Eadem mutata resurgo,” or “I am reborned changed as identical.” The work is built mostly from flute sounds, mainly old recordings of the performer and new materials generated during a first instrumental writing. The replica of these materials in a second writing on support creates various sceneries in which are interpreted on one hand the instrument and its expressive potential and on the other hand the performer and her history.
In Replica, the dichotomic relation between continuity and transformation is made of 4 compositional modalities
— Martin Bédard, Marie-Hélène Breault [English translation
Replica was realized in 2012-13 at the composer’s studio in Montréal (Québec) and was premiered on March 13, 2013 during the concert Espaces mixtes II presented by Erreur de type 27 (E27) at Méduse’s Salle Multi in Québec. It was commissioned by E27 with support from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ). Replica received a Mention at the Concours biennal de composition acousmatique Métamorphoses (Brussels, Belgium, 2014) and the 3rd prize at the Iannis Xenakis International Electroacoustic Composition Competition (Greece, 2017).
Premiere
- March 13, 2013, Espaces mixtes II, Salle Multi — Méduse, Quebec City (Québec)
Awards
- Selection, Musica elettroacustica, Concorso Internazionale di Composizione Città di Udine 2014, Udine (Italy)
- Finalist, 8th Biennial Acousmatic Composition Competition Métamorphoses 2014, Ohain (Belgium)
- Prize, Ars Electronica Forum Wallis 2015, Leuk (Switzerland)
- 3rd prize, Iannis Xenakis International Electroacoustic Composition Competition 2017, Greece
- Composer(s): Martin Bédard, Marie-Hélène Breault
- Year of composition: 2012-13
- Duration: 14:33
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- Commission: Erreur de type 27 (E27), with support from the CALQ
- ISRC: CAD502210003
