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Steve Reich/Beryl Ensemble Modern Jeudi 2 Octobre 1997 Théâtre Du Châtelet CHATELET THEATRE MUSICAL DE PARS FESTIVAL D'AUTOMNE À PARIS 1997 Steve Reich/Beryl Ensemble Modern Jeudi 2 octobre 1997 Théâtre du Châtelet Document de communication du Festival d'Automne à Paris - tous droits réservés STEVE REICH Music for Eig-hteen Musicians manière à constituer la mélodie pulsée sur Music for Eighteen Musicians laquelle se fonde une section de cinq minutes. pour quatre voix de femme et ensemble Music for 18 Musiciens dure environ 55 minutes. De même, dans un organum de Pérotin, au (1974/76, 55 minutes) Les premières esquisses datent de mai 1974 XII' siècle, telle note du cantus firmus pouvait l'ceuvre fut achevée en mars 1976. Si sa être étirée sur plusieurs minutes, de manière à Steve Reich, piano pulsation stable et son énergie rythmique former le centre harmonique de l'une des Ensemble Modern l'apparentent à nombre de mes premières sections de l'oeuvre. Le cycle initial des onze oeuvres, son instrumentation, son harmonie et accords de Music for 18 Musiciens est une sorte de entracte sa structure sont nouvelles. cantus firmus pulsé pour toute la pièce. Son instrumentation est nouvelle par le nombre Sur chaque accord pulsé, c'est donc une section et par la distribution des effectifs: violon, qui se construit (voire deux pour le troisième STEVE REICH accord). Ces sections ont soit la forme d'une Proverb, pour 3 sopranos, 2 ténors, vibraphones et orgues électriques violoncelle, deux clarinettes jouant aussi la clarinette basse, quatre voix de femme, quatre arche (ABCDCBA), soit la forme d'un processus (1995, 14 minutes) pianos, trois marimbas, deux xylophones et un musical qui se déploie du début à la fin (des métallophone (vibraphone sans moteur). Tous battues se substituant à des silences). Des STEVE REICH / BERYL KOROT les instruments sont acoustiques : l'usage de éléments qui apparaissent dans l'une des Three Tales, Trois Contes, opéra video documentaire l'électronique est limité aux microphones pour sections pourront réapparaître dans une autre, la voix ainsi que pour certains instruments. mais entourés par une harmonie et une Hindenburg instrumentation différentes. Par exemple, la Scènes 1 et 2 de l'acte I, en cours d'élaboration, (1997, 14 minutes) Il y a plus de mouvement harmonique dans les cinq premières minutes de Music for 18 Musiciens pulsation des pianos et marimbas dans les Musique, Steve Reich que dans toutes mes autres oeuvres achevées sections 1 et 2 passe aux marimbas et Video, Beryl Korot jusqu'à ce jour 119761. xylophones dans la section 3A, puis aux D'un point de vue rythmique, il y a dans Music xylophones dans la section 6, où elle soutient for 18 Musiciens deux sortes de temps une mélodie différente jouée par des Micaela Haslam, Ruth Holton, Olive Simpson, sopranos fondamentalement différents qui apparaissent instruments différents. Le processus consistant à de manière simultanée. Le premier est cette construire un canon (c'est-à-dire une relation Carol Canning, contralto de phase) entre deux xylophones et deux pianos, Ashley Catling, Michael Dore, Angus Smith, ténors pulsation rythmique régulière des pianos et des percussions qui traverse la pièce. Le second est ce processus, qui apparaît d'abord dans la le rythme de la respiration humaine, aux voix et section 2, ressurgit dans la section 9, mais pour Ensemble Modern aux instruments à vent. L'ouverture et la section y culminer sur un autre motif et dans un Direction, Bradley Lubman conclusive, ainsi que tels passages des autres contexte harmonique différent. Les relations sections intermédiaires, contiennent des entre les sections doivent donc être comprises en Réalisation scénique, Roman Paska pulsations sur certaines notes qui doivent être termes de ressemblances entre les membres Costumes, Donna Zakowska tenues aussi longtemps que le confort de la d'une famille. Certaines caractéristiques seront Lumières, Olaf Winter/Jürgen Koss respiration le permet. La respiration est la partagées, d'autres seront uniques. Régie du son, Norbert Ommer mesure de la durée de leur pulsation. Des L'un des premiers vecteurs de changement ou de Projection video, Jack Young ; technique projection, Stumpf Kinotechnik respirations qui se succèdent comme des vagues développement dans nombre de sections de cette venant se briser contre le rythme immuable des oeuvre réside dans la relation rythmique existant pianos et des percussions. entre l'harmonie et la mélodie. Ainsi, un motif Three Tales (acte 1 Hindenburg, acte 2 Bikini, acte 3 Dolly) sera terminé en 2001. mélodique peut être répété sans interruption L'acte 1 a été commandé par l'Opéra de la Ville de Bonn et le Secrétariat à la Culture de la Région La structure de Music for 18 Musiciens est fondée mais en glissant sous cette mélodie une cadence Nordrhein-Westfalen. sur un cycle de onze accords, joués au tout de deux ou quatre accords, et en faisant passer Le Festival de Vienne (WienerFestwochen) et le Festival d'Automne à Paris, associés à l'Ensemble début de la pièce et repris à la fin. Tous les le début de cette cadence de tel temps à tel autre Modern et à d'autres festivals et institutions, en coproduiront la version intégrale. instruments et toutes les voix jouent ou chantent de la mélodie, on aura à l'écoute le sentiment des notes pulsées au sein de chaque accord. Des d'un changement d'accent dans la mélodie. Ce instruments comme les cordes, qui n'ont pas à jeu avec un rythme harmonique changeant par respirer, suivent néanmoins les systoles et rapport à un motif mélodique constant est l'une diastoles de la respiration, en se fondant sur le des techniques de base de cette uvre. souffle de la clarinette basse. Chaque accord est Coréalisation Festival d'Automne à Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet Les changements d'une section à l'autre, ou au FONDATION tenu pour une durée de deux respirations, puis D sein d'une même section, sont signalés par le FRANC l'accord suivant est introduit graduellement. Avec le concours de métallophone ; ses motifs, il ne les joue qu'une la Fondation de France. Et ainsi de suite, jusqu'à ce que les onze accords soient joués, l'ensemble revenant au premier fois, afin de déclencher le mouvement vers la La Fondation de France s'engage aux côtés des producteurs pour aider les artistes àse confronter mesure suivante. Comme lorsque, dans le aux questions de société qui marquent, ici et ailleurs, la conscience contemporaine. accord. C'est alors qu'une petite section se construit sur gamelan balinais ou dans la musique de le premier accord pulsé, tenu par deux pianos et l'Afrique occidentale, le premier percussionniste indique des changements de motifs. Les signes CULTURAL FOUNDATION deux marimbas pendant environ cinq minutes. L'Ensemble Modemn. reçoit le concours de audibles deviennent partie intégrante de la la Fondation Culturelle Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank Group13 Après quoi un brusque changement amène le second accord, qui lui-même donne lieu à une musique. seconde petite section. Si bien que chaque accord, joué pendant quinze ou vingt secondes Couvertureaffiche de Tadashi Kawamata. Imprimerie Jarach-La Ruche, Paris. Festival d'Automne à Paris. 156 rue de Rivoli 75001 Paris Téléphone 01 53 45 17 00 Télécopie 01 53 45 17 01. http://wwwfestival-automne.com dans l'ouverture, est ensuite distendu de Document de communication du Festival d'Automne à Paris - tous droits réservés Proverb Three Tales Hindenburg, images de l'accident au ralenti. Acte I, scènes 1 et 2 La voix traitée par ordinateur du reporter radio L'idée de Proverb me fut initialement suggérée par Three Tales s'inspire de trois événements du est, elle aussi, ralentie sans changer de tonalité. le chanteur et chef de choeur Paul Huiler :il début, du milieu et de la fin du vingtième La video et la musique, de plus en plus lentes, pensait à une oeuvre avant tout vocale, avec six siècle :Hindenburg, Bikini et Dolly. Chacun Hindenburg, acte I de Three Tales, dont les deux cessent sur un accord de sol septième altéré. voix et deux percussions. Le résultat fut cette reflète l'évolution et les implications de la premières scènes (quatorze minutes) sont La partie video allie des documents d'archives oeuvre pour trois sopranos, deux ténors, deux technologie au vingtième siècle. Depuis 1945, le présentées ici, devrait, une fois achevé, avoir filmées à des images fixes en constante vibraphones et deux orgues électriques, avec un débat sur la nature physique, éthique, religieuse une durée d'environ trente minutes. permutation, tous dans un cadre unique. bref texte de Ludwig Wittgenstein. Comme Paul et spirituelle de ce progrès technologique en La musique de la première scène, It could flot Hillier est connu pour diriger et chanter la expansion a commencé et s'est considérablement have been a technical motter ! commence par les musique médiévale, et comme je m'intéresse aussi développé. Nous souhaitons participer à ce deux caisses claires annonçant le titre du La deuxième scène, Mythic Stature, prend pour à cette période de la musique occidentale, j'ai débat en utilisant ces trois événements New york Times du 7 mai 1937 et l'accident du sujet le Général Hindenburg et commence en cherché dans les oeuvres de Pérotin des directions spécifiques comme autant d'icônes ou dirigeable Hindenburg à Lakehurst. Vient montrant à l'écran neuf petits cadres en trois et des inspirations. d'emblèmes historiques. ensuite la déclaration de l'ambassadeur bandes. Les images de la Première Guerre Les trois sopranos chantent la mélodie originale Le premier conte, Hindenburg, présente des d'Allemagne aux Etats-Unis à ce journal le jour Mondiale sont suivies de celles de l'Allemagne du texte en canons qui augmentent actualités cinématographiques, des même : Impossible que ce soit un incident technique ! pendant la Dépression et des images de graduellement, ou qui deviennent plus longs.
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