Petit prélude parallèle
Jonty Harrison
Notes de programme
In memory of Claude Debussy
“If modern music may be said to have had a definite beginning, then it started with… the Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune by Claude Debussy (1862-1918).” — Paul Griffiths, A Concise History of Modern Music
Debussy’s Prélude is one of ‘my’ pieces — an iconic part of my personal musical development and a work with which I grew up. I have played in it and conducted it — and listened to it probably hundreds of times. The centenary in 2018 of the death of Debussy prompted me to engage with it on yet another level
There are so many things I find appealing about Debussy’s music — the fluid, evocative and sensual musical surface, the fleeting and fragmentary nature of the material (the immediate repetition, the tiny alterations, then move on
This Petit prélude parallèle marks something of a departure for me in many ways. Firstly, I introduce sonic events alluded to in the text of Mallarmé’s poem
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Petit prélude parallèle was realized in 2018 in the composer’s studio in Birmingham (England, UK) and premiered on April 26, 2018 in The Dome of the Bramall Music Building of the University of Birmingham as part of the BEAST FEaST 2018 festival.
Création
- 26 avril 2018, BEAST FEaST 2018
: Concert 1, The Dome — Bramall Music Building — University of Birmingham, Birmingham (Angleterre, Royaume-Uni)
- Compositeur·trice(s): Jonty Harrison
- Année de composition: 2018
- Durée: 8:45
- Instrumentation: support ambisonique
