rapprochement-éloignement

The metaphor of approach and withdrawal takes place at different levels. The syllables of the text "It's getting late" in the original and in the French translation are disorganized at the beginning, with rapid switching between the two languages. Gradually one approaches the text, parts are put together - but before the text would appear in its whole, we are already moving away again.
The composition is divided into three parts, each in turn divided into three parts. Within each section, different relationships between speed, metric and density of events are developing. Nine chords, each consisting of five notes, are the starting point for nine short melodies, which undergo - in relation to the rhythmic sections - transformations of their shape.
It is a piece about the fragility of every moment.

concert recording with

Colette Hochain – mezzo soprano
Sophie Dardeau – flute
Emmanuel Haratyk – viola
Virginie Tarrete – harp
Daniel Kawka – conductor