Tentatives d’immobilité
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay
Programme notes
Happy humans in troubled times. A privilege, and a recurring source of angst and guilt, as most of my pieces betray. Moreover, I am saturated, like most people, by the incessant stream of stimuli
To cope, I attempt mindfulness. Actually, I do that more to truly enjoy my privileged life as it is
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Tentatives d’immobilité [Attempts at Stillness] was realized between April and November 2017 at the composer’s studio in Huddersfield (England, UK) and premiered on the radio on November 29, 2017 during the rAdioCUSTICA program of Český rozhlas (Czech Republic). The 5.1 version was realized in 2020. Thanks to Pavel Klusák, Édouard Levasseur, and Maxime Levasseur for blindly lending me their voices, and Michal Rataj, for the absolute trust and the stimulating discussions. Part of the creation process was supported by the FluCoMa project (European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, grant #725899).
Premiere
- November 29, 2017, rAdioCUSTICA, Český rozhlas, Czech Republic
- Composer(s): Pierre Alexandre Tremblay
- Year of composition: 2017
- Duration: 16:17
- Instrumentation: fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- Commission: Český rozhlas
- ISRC: CAD502110045
