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Sentinelle

Gilles Gobeil

Programme notes

A small tribute for the 50th anniversary of the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999).

Gilles Gobeil [English translation: François Couture, xii-23]


Sentinelle [The Sentinel] was realized in 2019-20 at Musiques & Recherches’ Métamorphoses d’Orphée studio in Ohain (Belgium), at Universidade Catolica do Porto (Portugal) and at the composer’s studio. Thanks to Yves Charuest (alto saxophone) who generated the improvisations I used as raw materials for composing the solo part, to Pierre Girard (Planet Studios) for recording the saxophone, to Paulo Ferreira-Lopes, José Oliveira Martins and Cristina Sá (Universidade Católica Portuguesa no Porto), and to Annette Vande Gorne (Musiques & Recherches). Finally, thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) for its support. Sentinelle was awarded the 1st prize — Mixed Work at the 2020 international electroacoustic music competition Musica Nova (Prague, Czech Republic).

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  • Composer(s): Gilles Gobeil
  • Year of composition: 2019-20
  • Duration: 15:32
  • Instrumentation: alto saxophone and stereo fixed medium
  • Publisher(s): Yul média
  • ISRC: CAD502410068