Instrumentation : Symphonic Great Organ
Composition : 2007-2008
Commission : Fondation Marcelle and Robert de Lacour, Lawrence University (Nicholas Bideler), Nontron Association
Duration : 31 mn 30 s
First performance : Nontron - Notre-Dame des Ronces (F), Bales Organ Recital Hall (Lawrence, USA), House of Hope (Minneapolis/St Paul, USA), Nantes -Eglise St Nicolas (F)
Publisher : Gérard Billaudot
This work revolves around a central piece entitled Reflecting Circles, the nucleus of the work, which employs a compositional technique of almost absolute rigor in regards to the pitch of the notes. Each note is linked to another via melodic symmetry, either modal or harmonic.
Six other movements are arranged in symmetry around this piece, each being linked to another, using the « reflecting » compositional technique in a more suggestive manner.
1. Cercles de Danses [8'50]
2. Cercles de Vent [4'10]
3. Trait d'union 1 [1'50]
4. Cercles Réfléchissants [3'30]
5. Trait d'union 2 [1'10]
6. Cercles Harmoniques [6'50]
7. Cercles Lointains [5'10]
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