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Into the Forest

Louis Dufort

Programme notes

This cycle of works was inspired by the forest, an inspiration that was fed by countless treks in the Canadian Rockies and in Québec’s boreal forest. My interest in the forest is a holistic one, meaning that I find inspiration in its intrinsic structure, its organicity, its colours, its smells, as much as in its mysterious power to evoke our own nature.

Louis Dufort [English translation: François Couture, vii-21]


The pieces in this cycle were developed over several years, a stretch of time that included presentations of them as works in progress in 2016 and 2017-18. All works were revised and finalized in 2020-21 at the composer’s studio in Montréal (Québec).

Works in this cycle

Into

This work is the opener of Into the Forest and the most pastoral piece of the cycle. Nature and music.

Louis Dufort [English translation: François Couture, vii-21]


Into was realized in 2020-21 at the composer’s studio in Montréal (Québec). It includes elements from Nervures (2009).

  • Year of composition: 2020-21
  • Cycle: Into the Forest
  • Duration: 12:01
  • Instrumentation: fixed medium
  • ISRC: CAD502110030

Into the forest my wounded arms wide open

The title Into the forest my wounded arms wide open underpins a cathartic space where the human psyche is exposed to this imperial forest.

Louis Dufort [English translation: François Couture, vii-21]


Into the forest my wounded arms wide open was developed over several years, then revised and finalized in 2020-21 at the composer’s studio in Montréal (Québec). A draft version was presented on April 7, 2016 at the concert Électrochoc 6 at the Studio multimédia of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal.

Premiere

  • March 23, 2022, Premiere of the final version: Morton Subotnick + Lillevan, Music Multimedia Room — Pavillon de musique Elizabeth Wirth — Université McGill, Montréal (Québec)
  • Year of composition: 2020-21
  • Cycle: Into the Forest
  • Duration: 9:57
  • Instrumentation: fixed medium
  • ISRC: CAD502110031

Into the forest

This work delves into microstructures and their metaphorical reflections. This sets the stage for a parallel narrative between complex nature and dreamlike nature.

Louis Dufort [English translation: François Couture, vii-21]


Into the forest was developed over several years, then revised and finalized in 2020-21 at the composer’s studio in Montréal (Québec). A draft version was presented on January 11, 2018 at the concert L’élite numérique as part of the Ultrasons festival at the Salle Claude-Champagne of the Université de Montréal (Québec).

Premiere

  • October 8, 2021, Premiere of the final version: Festival des musiques de création 2021, Akousma @: Akousma @ FMC — 4 artistes électroakousmatiques, Salle Pierrette-Gaudreault — Centre culturel Mont-Jacob, Jonquière (Québec)
  • Year of composition: 2020-21
  • Cycle: Into the Forest
  • Duration: 9:52
  • Instrumentation: fixed medium
  • ISRC: CAD502110032

Into the forest I’ve seen under

This is the most abstract piece of the cycle; organic, synthetic, and musical materials are brought together into an ode to nature.

Louis Dufort [English translation: François Couture, vii-21]


Into the forest I’ve seen under was developed over several years, then revised and finalized in 2020-21 at the composer’s studio in Montréal (Québec). A draft version was presented on January 11, 2018 at the concert L’élite numérique as part of the Ultrasons festival at the Salle Claude-Champagne of the Université de Montréal (Québec).

  • Year of composition: 2020-21
  • Cycle: Into the Forest
  • Duration: 7:35
  • Instrumentation: fixed medium
  • ISRC: CAD502110033