L'Arbre des Songes

Création
20/07/2016 - Paris, Archives nationales, Festival Jeunes Talents - Marie-Laure Garnier (soprano), Anna Besson (flûte), Augustin Gorisse (cor anglais), Louise Lapierre (basson), Guillaume Sigier (piano)
Commanditaire
Festival Jeunes Talents 2016
Notice
Textes de Charles Baudelaire (in Les Fleurs du mal)
A une époque où foisonnent de nombreuses et pourtant si diverses esthétiques musicales, aucune direction ne semble réellement s'imposer. Si l'on associe au XXème siècle une période de bouleversements idéologiques, on l'associe également avec des phénomènes de ruptures. Pourtant, Henri Dutilleux, traverse ce siècle avec une grande sérénité. Sans jamais dévier du chemin unique qu'il se trace, il enchaîne les compositions à la fois sublimes et personnelles...
Ses univers poétiques - dont je me sens très proche - se renouvellent sans cesse : nocturnes (La Nuit Etoilée, Ainsi la Nuit, l'Arbre des Songes...), rituels (Incantatoire et Obsessionnel dans ses Métaboles), ou encore son travail sur la lumière (ses magnifiques Shadows of Time). Sa conception coloriste de l'harmonie et la liberté avec il l'emploie, son orchestre foisonnant, ces nappes vibrantes, ce travail si riche sur le timbre et l'espace ou encore ce lyrisme intense mais toujours contenu, participent à l'élaboration d'un langage profondément personnel et prégnant qui traverse l'intégralité de son oeuvre.
La vraie leçon de Dutilleux pour les jeunes compositeurs, c'est - comme Debussy avant lui, ou Thierry Escaich aujourd'hui - la singularité. Ce qui me fascine littéralement chez Henri Dutilleux, c'est la façon dont il s'approprie un héritage musical fort, à la fois par sa sensibilité et au moyen d'un artisanat méticuleux. Et si Dutilleux est un compositeur singulier, il s'agit d'une singularité intemporelle.
Lui rendre hommage est à la fois un honneur, un plaisir immense, mais également l'occasion de rendre hommage à la voie qu'il a ouverte et à l'exemple qu'il représente pour nous aujourd'hui - hommage que je suis ravie de partager avec quatre autres compositeurs.
C'est tout naturellement que je me suis tournée vers la littérature de Charles Baudelaire, correspondant à la fois mon univers et à celui onirique d'Henri Dutilleux.
Mes sonnets sont écrits pour quintette (soprano, flûte alto, cor anglais, basson et piano). La formation instrumentale imposant la famille des bois m'a orientée vers la nature avec La Géante. La Cloche fêlée m'inspirait par son sens et Le Flambeau vivant par son caractère incantatoire.
Les sonnets expriment des visions différentes : la première plutôt fantastique - celle d'une géante magnifique dans la Nature ; la seconde mystique et processionnelle ; et enfin, le spleen intérieur par la métaphore d'une cloche ébréchée. Cependant, je les ai conçus de la même manière : tous trois travaillent ainsi le phénomène de nappes sonores vibrantes et entêtantes. Cela confère à l'ensemble son côté hypnotique, sensation intense que je retrouve à la lecture des sonnets baudelairiens, comme à celle de la musique de Dutilleux.
Camille Pépin (mai 2016) / Partitions classique / Ensemble et orchestre / Conducteur / JOBERT

Par DUTILLEUX HENRI. Composed between 1973 and 1976, Ainsi La Nuit for a String Quartet is one of the most important works of its genre, by Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013), a French composer. This score of Ainsi La Nuit is the conductor's score, with the four instruments altogether. The score for each individual instrument can be bought separately. Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation for the Juilliard Quartet, Ainsi La Nuit is based on a series of studies, lasts 18 minutes and is divided into 7 sections: 1. Nocturne 2. Miroir d'espace 3. Litanies 4. Litanies II 5. Constellations 6. Nocturne II 7. Temps suspendu Built on single hexachords, it also use the octatonic mode and focus on harmonies, contrasts and oppositions of register. Henri Dutilleux was internationally acclaimed for his work winning prizes such as the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society and the UNESCO's International Rostrum of Composers, among many others. His work also includes a Piano sonata, two symphonies, the Violin concerto 'L'arbre des songes' (The tree of dreams) and the Cello concerto 'Tout un monde lointain' (A whole distant word)./ Répertoire / 2 Violons, Alto et Violoncelle

Created in 1947 as part of the four exam pieces for the Paris Conservatoire this Sonate for Oboe and Piano is one of the early works of Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) a French Composer following the paths of Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy with an idiosyncratic way of writing. Sonate was part of the compositions that were later disowned by the composer who considered them as being not mature enough compared to his main work even though they were played and enjoyed regularly all over the world. This duet integrates a variety of contrapuntal procedures which were highly appreciated by the composer. Composed of threemovements the first one begins with an austere canon while the latter two comprise more texture. Henri Dutilleux was internationally acclaimed for his work winning prizes such as the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society and the UNESCO's International Rostrum of Composers among many others. His work also includes a Piano sonata two symphonies the Cello concerto Tout un monde lointain (A whole distant world) the Violin concerto L'arbre des songes (The tree of dreams) and the string quartet Ainsi la nuit (Thus the night).

Composed between 1967 and 1970  Tout Un Monde Lontain for Cello and Orchestra byHenri Dutilleux is one of the most important additions to the Cello repertoire in the 20th century. Lasting nearly half an hour each of the five movements are inspired by a poem of Charles Baudelaire: 1. Énigme / Enigma 2. Regard / Gaze 3. Houles / Surges 4. Miroirs / Mirrors 5. Hymne / Hymn The main theme initially introduced in the first part Énigme / Enigma is often replayed through the piece. The third part Houles / Surges is the most difficult to interpret with aScherzo part that's quite challenging and no break between the movements. Henri Dutilleux was internationally acclaimed for his work winning prizes such as the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society and the UNESCO's International Rostrum of Composers among many others. His work also includes a Piano sonata two symphonies the Violin concerto 'L'arbre des songes' (The tree of dreams) and the String quartet 'Ainsi la nuit' (Thus the night).

Par DUTILLEUX HENRI. Written on the occasion of Paul Sacher's birthday, this 3 Strophes Sur Le Nom De Sacher features three Cello pieces composed by Henri Dutilleux and reviewed by Mstislav Rostropovitch. It was first performed in an audition by the latter in 1982. Henri Dutilleux composed the first part of this volume for the celebration and added the final two pieces later in 1976. The whole set requires the lowest strings of the Cello to be turned lower: G string to F sharp and C string to B flat. A quotation from Bartok's piece 'Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta' can be noticed atthe end of the first verse. For upper-advanced / experienced players. Henri Dutilleux was internationally acclaimed for his work, winning prizes such as the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society and the UNESCO's International Rostrum of Composers, among many others. His work also includes a Piano sonata, two symphonies, the Cello concerto 'Tout un monde lointain' (A whole distant world), the Violin concerto 'L'arbre des songes' (The tree of dreams) and the string quartet 'Ainsi la nuit' (Thus the night)./ Répertoire / Violoncelle Solo

Par DUTILLEUX HENRI. Composed between 1973 and 1976, Ainsi La Nuit for String Quartet is one of the most important works of its genre, by Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013), a French composer following the paths of Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy. Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation for the Juilliard Quartet, Ainsi La Nuit is based on a series of studies, lasting 18 minutes and divided into 7 sections: 1. Nocturne 2. Miroir d'espace 3. Litanies 4. Litanies II 5. Constellations 6. Nocturne II 7. Temps suspendu Built on single hexachords, it also uses theoctatonic mode and focuses on harmonies, contrasts and oppositions of register. Henri Dutilleux was internationally acclaimed for his work, winning prizes such as the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society and the UNESCO's International Rostrum of Composers, among many others. His work also includes a Piano sonata, two symphonies, the Violin concerto 'L'arbre des songes' (The tree of dreams) and the Cello concerto 'Tout un monde lointain' (A whole distant world)./ Répertoire / 2 Violons, Alto et Violoncelle

Written on the occasion of Paul Sacher’s birthday this 3 Strophes Sur Le Nom De Sacher features three Cello pieces composed by Henri Dutilleux and reviewed by Mstislav Rostropovitch. It was first performed in an audition by the latter in 1982. Henri Dutilleux composed the first part of this volume for the celebration and added the final two pieces later in 1976. The whole set requires the lowest strings of the Cello to be turned lower: G string to F sharp and C string to B flat. A quotation from Bartok’s piece 'Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta' can be noticed atthe end of the first verse. For upper-advanced / experienced players. Henri Dutilleux was internationally acclaimed for his work winning prizes such as the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society and the UNESCO's International Rostrum of Composers among many others. His work also includes a Piano sonata two symphonies the Cello concerto 'Tout un monde lointain' (A whole distant world) the Violin concerto 'L'arbre des songes' (The tree of dreams) and the string quartet 'Ainsi la nuit' (Thus the night).

2ème Symphonie  “Le Double” is a symphonic piece for Orchestra and chamber orchestra composed by Henri Dutilleux. It was commissioned for the 75th birthday of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1959. The piece features three movements which consists in dialogues between the Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra: I. Animato ma misterioso II. Andantino sostenuto III. Allegro fuocoso — Calmato This is the conductor's score which also includes all parts. Henri Dutilleux was internationally acclaimed for his work winning prizes such as the Gold Medal ofthe Royal Philharmonic Society and the UNESCO's International Rostrum of Composers amongst many others. His work also includes a Piano sonata two symphonies the Cello concerto 'Tout un monde lointain' (A whole distant world) the Violin concerto 'L'arbre des songes' (The tree of dreams) and the string quartet 'Ainsi la nuit' (Thus the night).

Concerto Instrumentation : violin and orchestra Version : study score Date de parution : 09/05/1989 Nombre de pages : 126