𝄆; Extensio:Warm:Up 𝄇;
Martin Bédard, Marie-Hélène Breault
Programme notes
To Denise, to Gaétane
It is by the persevering repetition of the warm-up, an exhaustive set of studies and musical exercises, that instrumentalists—like craftspeople — forge, sculpt and refine their technique and sound. In this piece, a denatured, virtualized and recomposed flute enters the electroacoustic medium through different exercise circuits, where material and gesture are organized into a dynamic of restarts.
Through local repetitions (loops) and global repetitions (anticipated or projected elements throughout the piece), 𝄆
— Martin Bédard, Marie-Hélène Breault [English translation
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Premiere
- May 4, 2017, Marie-Hélène Breault, flute
; Martin Bédard, diffusion • Murmurations sur la ville, Pavillon central — Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Quebec City (Québec)
- Composer(s): Martin Bédard, Marie-Hélène Breault
- Year of composition: 2015-17
- Duration: 17:20
- Instrumentation: flute, processing and 8-channel fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- Commission: Erreur de type 27 (E27), with support from the CCA
- ISRC: CAD502210002
