Program note
LEURS SAUVAGES ECHOS is a companion piece to ANGES NUS. Commissioned by the Chœur de Radio France, it deploys three spatialized choirs whose voices generate shifting layers of echoes and superimpositions throughout the performance space. From a sparse material of neighboring motions and brief scalar figures, a continuously evolving texture emerges. Periods of motion alternate with moments of suspension, while subtle variations of meter and harmonic coloring continually alter the listener’s sense of orientation. The work gradually gathers energy toward two climactic waves before opening into a series of luminous harmonic transformations. As these resonances subside, the original material returns, its echoes lingering in the lowest voices. The title is an anagram of vagues (waves), houle (swell), and ressac (surf).
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Details
Instrumentation
Three spatialized choirs
Duration
13'
Date
2020
Commissioned by
Commissioned by Radio France
Sheet music
Available upon request
First performance
Premiere forthcoming