Vox Alia II — Cathédrales
Annette Vande Gorne
Programme notes
To Folkmar Hein
Five short linked sections — Alleluia
In these troubled times of division, fear, mourning and the withdrawal of people and nations, I felt the need to express a desire for unity, sacredness and generosity through the most human of media
Alleluia remains fixed on this single word used in Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Jewish, and Islamic cultures (the “religions of the Book”).
The sacred dance in Danse sacrée features male choirs simulating the Indonesian monkey dance.
Requiem takes up the codes and slow tempo of certain moments in the Catholic funeral mass.
Transe brews moments of loss of individual identity, of collective sacred intensity in various Sufi, Inuit, African, Indonesian, and Arabic cultures.
The guiding figures in Figures tutélaires are those of Pierre Schaeffer, about the concrete approach, and François Bayle, about octophony.
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Vox Alia II — Cathédrales was realized in 2021 at the Métamorphoses d’Orphée studio of Musiques & Recherches in Ohain (Belgium) and premiered on October 30, 2021 during the concert DEGEM 30 @ ZKM
Premiere
- October 30, 2021, DEGEM 30 @ ZKM
: Verleihung des Thomas-Seelig-Fixed-Media-Preises, ZKM_Kubus, Karlsruhe (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
About this sound recording
This stereophonic Ambisonic reduction was produced from the original multichannel version by Julien Guillamat in January 2025 at the Métamorphoses d’Orphée studio of Musiques & Recherches in Ohain (Belgium).
- Composer(s): Annette Vande Gorne
- Year of composition: 2021
- Cycle: Vox Alia
- Duration: 10:56
- Instrumentation: 16.4-channel fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- Commission: DEGEM
- ISRC: CAD502510016
Movements
Alleluia
- Movement of: Vox Alia II — Cathédrales
Danse sacrée
- Movement of: Vox Alia II — Cathédrales
Requiem
- Movement of: Vox Alia II — Cathédrales
Transe
- Movement of: Vox Alia II — Cathédrales
Figures tutélaires
- Movement of: Vox Alia II — Cathédrales
