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Reflets
for violin and percussion, M.630 (2002-4)
LISTEN TO THE
FIRST EXCERPT (beginning) :
SCORE OF THIS EXCERPT (pdf)
LISTEN TO THE
SECOND EXCERPT :
Performers :
Jan
Dobrzelewski, violin ; Romain Kuonen, percussion
This work has been written for the Continents
Percussion Ensemble (Jan Dobrzelewski, violin ; Stuart Marrs, percussion),
which has first performed it in June 2004, at the Teatro Nacional of San Jose
(Costa Rica). The proposed excerpt is taken from the recording of the 1st
Swiss performance, in Saint-Maurice, on July 2nd, 2004.
Duration
of the work : approximately 12 minutes
Commentary of the work by the composer :
« Reflets »
(“Reflections” in English) for violin and percussion has been written between
2002 and 2004. Violin and percussion respond to one another, imitate,
influence, attract, repulse or call out to each other, like reflections. At
some moments, one may think to the reflections of water, which sometimes is
clear and calm, and at other times agitated or even muddy. Sometimes, it may
even evoke distorting mirrors. At last, the reflections can be of psychological
nature : recalls and reminiscences of a past which has been modified and
reinterpreted by the play of memory or subconscious.