Ensemble

To the north of New York city is a vast region of parks and natural reserves, studded with lakes, hills and forests. I live in a house there, largely open to the outside world, composed of trees, a la...

This piece constitutes perhaps the most thorough and exhaustive work Murail has done to date on the examination of purely instrumental spectra. All the computer-generated spectra are directly modelled...

Allégories, completed in 1990, was commissioned by the French State for the Ensemble Musique Oblique, who first played it at the Ars Musica Festival in Belgium. It is scored for a small mixed ensemble...

Vues aériennes, commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain for the Nash Ensemble, and first performed by it in the Queen Elizabeth Hall in December 1986. The notion of 'process' common to so mu...

Recording:1 CD Rer Recommended, RER0271Messiaen et autour de MessiaenNadia Ratsimandresy (ondes Martenot)Matteo Ramon Arevalos (piano)

I write for myself, for a few friends, and to ease the passing of time.' (José-Luis Borges)

After a short story by Jorge-Luis Borges: a man dreams, dreams of another person who gradually comes to life, becomes real, acquires consciousness. Then the dreamer notices that he is in fact only the...

Near where I live, there is a large stretch of preserved land, a natural park (Harriman State Park) belonging to the vast Appalachian range where small forest covered mountains are spangled with artif...

(Take the various meanings of 'legend' and 'urban' and try out all of the combinations)Légendes urbaines arose from a specific commission by the Ensemble intercontemporain for a 'theme' concert integr...

Garrigue is one of the pieces of a cycle of chamber music that I am progressively building.The title of the cycle is Portulan (after medieval navigation maps). The total line up is 8 musicians: fl cl...

An attempt at combined virtuosity - instruments / electronics.The electronic sounds extend the acoustic sounds beyond the limits of instrumental virtuosity, and echo the instrumental sounds in space.T...

On the coast, the Normandy coast, westerly winds prevail. They bring clouds and rain, but also promises and dreams of a distant continent, where everything begins anew, where everything will be better...

Or the invitation to a journey...In adventure novels, I have always preferred that moment where the heroes plan their journey, assemble the necessary equipment, consult maps and compasses (cf. Jules V...

A breeze blew almost warm - above the water, with frail bending Gramineae sheltering insects. A germinating burst pushes apart the surrounding stones - a little water seeps out, moistening the roots....

Portulan cycle for eight musicians.