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Le Sommeil de la
Raison produit des monstres
(The Sleep of Reason produces monsters),
after Goya,
for solo arpeggione, M.647
(2005)
LISTEN TO THE WORK
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Interpretation :
Nicolas Deletaille, arpeggione
This work is inspired by an engraving taken from the Caprichos
by Goya. It has been first performed by Nicolas Deletaille
on February 15th, 2008, at the Great Hall of the Royal High School
of Music of Brussels.
This short piece installs a mysterious climate of wait and fear, midway
between an oneiric and a ghost-like climate. The
musical writing, concentrated, bases itself on an elliptic process of thematic
fragments.
Duration of the work : approximately 5 minutes
Goya,
excerpt of the Caprichos (image 43)