Benoît Albert

Epicentro

In 2019, while we were recording the CD «Pierreuse sentimentale» at the Toulouse Conservatory, Dieter Hennings mentioned a future recording project around the Folias of Manuel Maria Ponce that he wanted to associate with those of Juan Trigos. He then asked me to imagine a work of articulation that would be the central axis between the two Folias. I had the idea of ​​a piece in the form of an arch, like a bridge between two banks that would allow the listener to cross these 83 years that separate the births of the 2 composers. Epicentro - epicentre in French - begins with a genesis, then develops its 3 central parts in the manner of a concerto - lively, slow, lively - and ends with a palindrome of the introduction before sinking with a last phrase in the low register of the instrument taking up the atmosphere of the very beginning of the piece. This work was given its world premiere by Dieter Henning on November 24, 2023 in Passo Fundo, Brazil.