au Croisé, le silence, seul, tient lieu de parole (2000), 15m00s
Stream it
“Silence does not exist: to live is to steer in the midst of a streaming that death alone may halt.” —François Mauriac, Nouveaux mémoires intérieurs.
The singular story of a battle, or the eternal story of life.
au Croisé, le silence, seul, tient lieu de parole (To The Crusader, Silence, Alone, Gives Way To Speech) was composed in the composer’s studio between September 1999 and December 2000 and premiered on March 2, 2002 during the “Invisible Theatre” concert of the Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre (BEAST) in Birmingham (UK). The first movement was premiered on December 11, 1999 during the Rien à voir (6) festival at Ex-Centris in Montréal. au Croisé, le silence, seul, tient lieu de parole was awarded First Prize (ex-aequo) in the Hugh Le Caine Award of the SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers in 2001.
Performances
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Rien à voir (6) Saturday, December 11, 1999 jeunes compositeurs • excerpt • premiere |
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Akousma (2) Friday, December 9, 2005 Pierre Alexandre Tremblay: Alter ego |
au Croisé, le silence, seul, tient lieu de parole