De la fenêtre
Étienne Lalonde, Roxanne Turcotte
Programme notes
“May the Heavens in its place put windows
I am not lying in this bed without danger
I paint bodies in red
May the Heavens in its place put windows
To provide some light
Since in this moment from the emptiness in your eyes
One could think
That you are not breathing in the same place as I do”— Étienne Lalonde [English translation
: François Couture]
The outside looks different when you look at it from a window. It is not always as you imagine. And our inner windows so accurately describe the feelings related to them. A country, a culture, ideals, small beings like cats and birds, and then magnificent landscapes out of our imagination. Autumn sounds and summer breeze. I am exploring a “sonarium” full of musical gardens. I am listening to the never-before-heard words of our subconscious. A man and a woman are having a conversation on a Sunday. A window opens on a world from which strange openings pop up, openings like incredibly light doors, a destiny, an unexpected desire…
— Roxanne Turcotte [English translation
De la fenêtre [From the Window] was realized in 2010-12 at the composer’s studio (Studio Séducson) in Montréal. A first installation version (sculpture by Marc Larochelle) was presented on March 10, 2011 during the concert Électro-chocs 4
Premiere
- March 21, 2014, Now Hear This 2014
: Semi / Conductor: a concert of electronic works, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Edmonton (Alberta, Canada)
- Writer(s): Étienne Lalonde
- Composer(s): Roxanne Turcotte
- Year of composition: 2010-12
- Duration: 11:08
- Instrumentation: 16-channel fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- Commission: Étienne Lalonde
- ISRC: CAD501410001
