Opus : 53 / for voices and instrument(s)
A vast exploration of the world, on the scale of millennia and of a single human life. A look at the human trajectory and its future, divided into three parts: Verbes, Sèves, Stèles. The trace that we will leave, beyond ourselves, may be that of a dance or a perpetual departure.
Only the pieces for children’s choir are currently being broadcast.
Recordings, audio excerpts: Recording made in Montreuil-sur-mer in 2009 with the Monnaie de Bruxelles choir (Denis Menier), the Boulonnais Conservatoire choir (Patrick Pouget), the Dames de chœur (Anne Koppé), the Lyriade choir (Isabelle Oriez) and Chœur en spectacle, with Pascal Lelièvre playing the English horn.
Extract no. 3 (second version of Mbâgë tî lâ) is performed by the ensemble Territoires du souffle.
Difficulty rating : easy to moderate
The pieces in sango are the only ones currently being broadcast.
- Andrée Chedid
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Amina Saïd
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Jean-Dominique Pénel
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Guillevic
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Henri Meschonnic
Texts collected and put into a booklet by the composer.
A new version of the libretto is in progress, without the texts by Guillevic and Henri Meschonnic.
Languages :
- French
- Sango
Narrators, children’s choir, mixed-voice adult choir, English horn.
All these pieces are currently being recomposed, with new instrumentation.
Duration : 50 mins
Cycle : parts I to III : Verbes, Sèves, Stèles