Per Nørgård: En Lys Time / A Light Hour: Percussion: Score

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Y.] April Joy [Metheny, Pat] Arise, Her Eyes [Swallow, Steve] Armageddon [Shorter, Wayne] Au Privave [Parker, Charlie] Autumn In New York [Duke, Vernon] Autumn Leaves [Kosma, Joseph] [Mercer, Johnny] [Prevert, Jacques] Beautiful Love [Young, Victor] [King, Wayne] [Van Alstyne, Egbert] [Gillespie, Haven] Beauty And The Beast [Shorter, Wayne] Bessie's Blues [Coltrane, John] Bewitched [Rodgers, Richard] [Hart, Lorenz] Big Nick [Coltrane, Nick] Black Coffee [Webster, Paul Francis] [Burke, Sonny] Black Diamond [Sealey, Milton] Black Narcissus [Henderson, Joe] Black Nile [Shorter, Wayne] Black Orpheus [Bonfa, Luiz] Blue Bossa [Dorham, Kenny] Blue In Green [Davis, Miles] Blue Monk [Monk, Thelonious] Blue Train (Blue Trane) [Coltrane, John] Blues For Alice [Parker, Charlie] Bluesette [Thielemans, Jean] [Gimbel, Norman] Body And Soul [Green, John] [Heyman, Edward] [Sour, Robert] [Eyton, Frank] Boplicity (Be Bop Lives) [Davis, Miles] [Evans, Gil] Bright Size Life [Metheny, Pat] Broad Way Blues [Coleman, Ornette] Broadway [Byrd, Bill] [McRae, Teddy] [Woode, Henri] But Beautiful [Van Heusen, Jimmy] [Burke, Johnny] Butterfly [Hancock, Herbie] [Maupin, Bennie] Byrd Like [Hubbard, Freddie] Call Me [Hatch, Tony] Call Me Irresponsible [Van Heusen, James] [Cahn, Sammy] Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man [Kern, Jerome] [Hammerstein II, Oscar] Captain Marvel [Corea, Chick] Central Park West [Coltrane, John] Ceora [Morgan, Lee] C'est Si Bon [Betti, Henri] [Seelen, Jerry] [Hornez, Andre] Chega De Saudade (No More Blues) [Jobim, Antonio Carlos] [De Moraes, Vinicius] Chelsea Bells [Swallow, Steve] Chelsea Bridge [Strayhorn, Billy] Cherokee (Indian Love Song) [Noble, Ray] Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White [Louiguy] [Larue, Jacques] [David, Mack] Chippie [Coleman, Ornette] Chitlins Con Carne [Burrell, Kenny] Come Sunday [Ellington, Duke] Como En Vietnam [Swallow, Steve] Con Alma [Gillespie, John 'Dizzy'] Conception [Shearing, George] Confirmation [Parker, Charlie] Contemplation [Tyner, McCoy] Coral [Jarrett, Keith] Cotton Tail [Ellington, Duke] Could It Be You [Porter, Cole] Countdown [Coltrane, John] Crescent [Coltrane, John] Crystal Silence [Corea, Chick] D Natural Blues [Montgomery, John L. (Wes)] Daahoud [Brown, Clifford] Dancing On The Ceiling [Rodgers, Richard] [Hart, Lorenz] Darn That Dream [Van Heusen, Jimmy] [DeLange, Eddie] Day Waves [Corea, Chick] [Potter, Neville] Days And Nights Waiting [Jarrett, Keith] Dear Old Stockholm [Varmeland] Dearly Beloved [Kern, Jerome] [Mercer, Johnny] Dedicated To You [Cahn, Sammy] [Chaplin, Saul] [Hyzaret] Deluge [Shorter, Wayne] Desafinado [Jobim, Antonio, Carlos] [Mendonca, Newton] Desert Air [Corea, Chick] Detour Ahead [Ellis, Herb] [Frigo, John] [Carter, Lou] Dexterity [Parker, Charlie] Dizzy Atmosphere [Gillespie, John 'Dizzy'] Django [Lewis, John] Doin' The Pig [Swallow, Steve] Dolores [Shorter, Wayne] Dolphin Dance [Hancock, Herbie] Domino Biscuit [Swallow, Steve] Donna Lee [Parker, Charlie] Don't Blame Me [McHugh, Jimmy] [Fields, Dorothy] Don't Get Around Much Anymore [Ellington, Duke] [Russell, Bob] Dream A Little Dream Of Me [Schwandt, Wilbur] [Andree, Fabian] [Kahn, Gus] Dreamsville [Mancini, Henry] [Livingston, Jay] [Evans, Ray] E.S.P. [Shorter, Wayne] Easter Parade [Berlin, Irving] Easy Living [Robin, Leo] [Rainger, Ralph] Easy To Love (You'd Be So Easy To Love) [Porter, Cole] Ecclusiastics [Mingus, Charles] Eighty One [Davis, Miles] [Carter, Ronald] El Gaucho [Shorter, Wayne] Epistrophy [Monk, Thelonious] [Clarke, Kenny] Equinox [Coltrane, John] Equipoise [Cowell, Stanley] Fall [Shorter, Wayne] Falling Grace [Swallow, Steve] Falling In Love With Love [Rodgers, Richard] [Hart, Lorenz] Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum [Shorter, Wayne] Follow Your Heart [McLaughlin, John] Footprints [Shorter, Wayne] For All We Know [Coots, Fred, J.] [Lewis, Sam M.] For Heaven's Sake [Meyer, Don] [Bretton, Elise] [Edwards, Sherman] Forest Flower [Lloyd, Charles] Four [Davis, Miles] Four On Six [Montgomery, John L. (Wes)] Freddie Freeloader [Davis, Miles] Freedom Jazz Dance [Harris, Eddie] Full House [Montgomery, John L. (Wes)] Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You [Redman, John] [Razaf, Andy] Gemini [Heath, Jimmy] Giant Steps [Coltrane, John] Gloria's Step [Le Faro, Scott] God Bless' The Child [Herzog Jnr, Arthur] [Holiday, Billie] Golden Lady [Wonder, Stevie] Good Evening Mr. And Mrs. America [Guerin, John] Grand Central [Coltrane, John] Groovin' High [Gillespie, John 'Dizzy'] Grow Your Own [Jarrett, Keith] Guilty [Kahn, Gus] [Whiting, Richard] [Akst, Harry] Gypsy In My Soul [Boland, Clay] [Jaffe, Moe] Half Nelson [Davis, Miles] Have You Met Miss Jones' [Rodgers, Richard] [Hart, Lorenz] Heaven [Ellington, Duke] Heebie Jeebies [Atkins, Boyd] Hello, Young Lovers [Rodgers, Richard] [Hammerstein II, Oscar] Here's That Rainy Day [Van Heusen, Jimmy] [Burke, Johnny] Hot Toddy [Hendler, Herb] [Flanagan, Ralph] House Of Jade [Shorter, Wayne] How High The Moon [Lewis, Morgan] [Hamilton, Nancy] How Insensitive (Insensatez) [Jobim, Antonio, Carlos] [De Moraes, Vinicius] [Gimbel, Norman] How My Heart Sings [Zindars, Earl] [Zindars, Anne] Hullo Bolinas [Swallow, Steve] I Can't Get Started With You [Duke, Vernon] [Gershwin, Ira] I Can't Give You Anything But Love [McHugh, Jimmy] [Fields, Dorothy] I Could Write A Book [Rodgers, Richard] [Hart, Lorenz] I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good [Ellington, Duke] [Webster, Paul Francis] I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart [Ellington, Duke] [Nemo, Henry] [Redmond, John] [Mills, Irving] I Love Paris [Porter, Cole] I Love You [Porter, Cole] I Mean You [Monk, Thelonious] [Hawkins, Coleman] I Remember Clifford [Golson, Benny] I Should Care [Cahn, Sammy] [Stordahl, Axel] [Weston, Paul] I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free [Taylor, Billy] Icarus [Twoner, Ralph N.] If You Never Come To Me (Inutil Paisagem) [Jobim, Antonio Carlos] [De Oliveira, Aloysio] [Gilbert, Ray] I'll Never Smile Again [Lowe, Ruth] I'll Remember April [Johnston, Pat] [Raye, Don] [De Paul, Gene] I'm All Smiles [Leonard, Michael] [Martin, Herbert] I'm Beginning To See The Light [George, Dan] [Hodges, Johnny] [Ellington, Duke] [James, Harry] I'm Your Pal [Swallow, Steve] Impressions [Coltrane, John] In A Mellow Tone [Ellington, Duke] In A Sentimental Mood [Ellington, Duke] In The Mood [Garland, Joe] In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning [Mann, David] [Hilliard, Bob] In Your Quiet Place [Jarrett, Keith] Indian Lady [Ellis, Don] Inner Urge [Henderson, Joe] Interplay [Evans, Bill] Invitation [Kaper, Bronislam] [Webster, Paul Francis] Iris [Shorter, Wayne] Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) Isn't It Romantic' [Rodgers, Richard] [Hart, Lorenz] Isotope [Henderson, Joe] Israel [Carisi, John] It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) [Ellington, Duke] [Mills, Irving] It's Easy To Remember [Rodgers, Richard] [Hart, Lorenz] Jelly Roll [Mingus, Charles] Jordu [Jordan, Duke] Journey To Recife [Evans, Richard] [Gimbel, Norman] Joy Spring [Brown, Clifford] Juju [Shorter, Wayne] Jump Monk [Mingus, Charles] June In January [Robin, Leo] [Rainger, Ralph] Just One More Chance [Johnston, Arthur] [Coslow, Sam] Kelo [Johnson, J. J.] Lady Bird [Dameron, Tadd] Lady Sings The Blues [Nichols, Herbert] [Holiday, Billie] Lament [Johnson, J.J] Las Vegas Tango [Evans, Gil] Lazy Bird [Coltrane, John] Lazy River [Carmichael, Hoagy] Like Someone In Love [Van Heusen, Jimmy] [Burke, Johnny] Limehouse Blues [Braham, Philip] [Furber, Douglas] Lines And Spaces [Lovano, Joe] Litha [Corea, Chick] Little Boat (O Barquinho) [Menescal, Roberto] [Boscoli, Ronaldo] [Kaye, Buddy] Little Waltz [Carter, Ron] Long Ago (And Far Away) [Kern, Jerome] [Gershwin, Ira] Lonnie's Lament [Coltrane, John] Look To The Sky [Jobim, Antonio Carlos] Love Is The Sweetest Thing [Noble, Ray] Lucky Southern [Jarrett, Keith] Lullaby Of Birdland [Shearing, George] [Weiss, George David] Lush Life [Strayhorn, Billy] Mahjong [Shorter, Wayne] Maiden Voyage [Hancock, Herbie] Man In The Green Shirt [Zawinul, Joe] Meditation (Meditacao) [Jobim, Antonio Carlos] [Mendonca, Newton] [Gimbel, Norman] Memories Of Tomorrow [Jarrett, Keith] Michelle [Lennon, John] [McCartney, Paul] Midnight Mood [Zawinul, Josef] Midwestern Nights Dream [Metheny, Pat] Milano [Lewis, John] Minority [Gryce, Gigi] Miss Ann [Dolphy, Eric] Missouri Uncompromised [Metheny, Pat] Misty [Garner, Erroll] Miyako [Shorter, Wayne] Moment's Notice [Coltrane, John] Mood Indigo [Ellington, Duke] [Mills, Irving] [Bigard, Albany] Moonchild [Jarrett, Keith] Mr. P.C. [Coltrane, John] My Buddy [Donaldson, Walter] [Kahn, Gus] My Favorite Things [Rodgers, Richard] [Hammerstein II, Oscar] My Foolish Heart [Young, Victor] [Washington, Ned] My Funny Valentine [Rodgers, Richard] [Hart, Lorenz] My One And Only Love [Wood, Guy] [Mellin, Robert] My Romance [Rodgers, Richard] [Hart, Lorenz] My Shining Hour [Arlen, Harold] [Mercer, Johnny] My Ship [Weill, Kurt] [Gershwin, Ira] My Way [Revaux, Jacques] [Francois, Claude] [Anka, Paul] [Thibaud, Gilles] Mysterious Traveller [Shorter, Wayne] Naima (Niema) [Coltrane, John] Nardis [Davis, Miles] Nefertiti [Shorter, Wayne] Never Will I Marry [Loesser, Frank] Nica's Dream [Silver, Horace] Night Dreamer [Shorter, Wayne] Night Train [Forrest, Jimmy] [Washington, Oscar] [Simpkins, Lewis C.] Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out [Cox, Jimmie] Nostalgia In Times Square [Mingus, Charles] Nuages [Reinhardt, Django] [Larue, Jacques] Oleo [Rollins, Sonny] Oliloqui Valley [Hancock, Herbie] Once I Loved (Amor Em Paz) (Love In Peace) [Jobim, Antonio Carlos] [De Morales, Vinicius] [Gilbert, Ray] Once In Love With Amy [Loesser, Frank] One Finger Snap [Hancock, Herbie] One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So) [Jobim, Antonio Carlos] [Mendonca, Newton] Only Trust Your Heart [Carter, Benny] [Cahn, Sammy] Orbits [Shorter, Wayne] Ornithology [Parker, Charlie] [Harris, Bennie] Out Of Nowhere [Green, Johnny] [Heyman, Edward] P.S. I Love You [Jenkins, Gordon] [Mercer, Johnny] Paper Doll [Black, Johnny S.] Passion Dance [Tyner, Mccoy] Passion Flower [Strayhorn, Billy] [Raskin, Milton] Peace [Silver, Horace] Peggy's Blue Skylight [Mingus, Charles] Pent Up House [Rollins, Sonny] Penthouse Serenade [Jason, Will] [Burton, Val] Peri's Scope [Evans, Bill] Pfrancing (No Blues) [Davis, Miles] Pinocchio [Shorter, Wayne] Pithecanthropus Erectus [Mingus, Charles] Poem For #15 (The Saga Of Harrison Crabfeathers) [Kuhn, Steve] Portsmouth Figurations [Swallow, Steve] Prelude To A Kiss [Ellington, Duke] [Gordon, Irving] [Mills, Irving] Prince Of Darkness [Shorter, Wayne] Pussy Cat Dues [Mingus, Charles] Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) [Jobim, Antonio Carlos] [Lees, Gene] Quiet Now [Zeitlin, Denny] Recorda Me [Henderson, Joe] Red Clay [Hubbard, Freddie] Reflections [Monk, Thelonious] Reincarnation Of A Lovebird [Mingus, Charles] Ring Dem Bells [Ellington, Duke] [Mills, Irving] Road Song [Montgomery, John L. (Wes)] 'Round Midnight [Monk, Thelonious] [Williams, Cootie] [Hanighen, Bernie] Ruby, My Dear [Monk, Thelonious] Satin Doll [Ellington, Duke] Scotch And Soda [Guard, Dave] Scrapple From The Apple [Parker, Charlie] Sea Journey [Corea, Chick] [Potter, Neville] Seven Come Eleven [Goodman, Benny] [Christian, Charlie] Seven Steps To Heaven [Davis, Miles] [Feldman, Victor] Sidewinder [Morgan, Lee] Silver Hollow [DeJohnette, Jack] Sirabhorn [Metheny, Pat] Skating In Central Park [Lewis, John] So Nice (Summer Samba) [Valle, Marcos] [Valle, Paulo Sergio] [Gimbel, Norman] So What [Davis, Miles] Solar [Davis, Miles] Solitude [Ellington, Duke] [De Lange, Eddie] [Mills, Irving] Some Day My Prince Will Come [Churchill, Frank] [Morel, Larry] Some Other Spring [Herzog Jnr, Arthur] [Kitchings, Irene] Some Skunk Funk [Brecker, Randy] Somebody Loves Me [Gershwin, George] [DeSylva, B. G.][MacDonald, Ballard] [Ranaud, Emelia] Sometime Ago [Mihanovich, Sergio] Song For My Father [Silver, Horace] Sophisticated Lady [Ellington, Duke] [Mills, Irving] [Parish, Micthell] Speak No Evil [Shorter, Wayne] Standing On The Corner [Loesser, Frank] Stella By Starlight [Young, Victor] [Washington, Ned] Steps [Corea, Chick] Stolen Moments [Nelson, Oliver] Stompin' At The Savoy [Goodman, Benny] [Sampson, Edgar] [Webb, Chick] Straight No Chaser [Monk, Thelonious] Stuff [Davis, Miles] Sugar [Turrentine, Stanley] Swedish Pastry [Kessel, Barney] Sweet Georgia Bright [Lloyd, Charles] Sweet Henry [Swallow, Steve] [Gregg, Jack] Take Five [Desmond, Paul] Take The 'A' Train [Strayhorn, Billy] Tame Thy Pen [Niles, Richard] Tell Me A Bedtime Story [Hancock, Herbie] Thanks For The Memory [Robin, Leo] [Rainger, Ralph] That's Amoré (That's Love) [Warren, Harry] [Brooks, Jack] The Blue Room [Rodgers, Richard] [Hart, Lorenz] The Girl From Ipanema (Garôta De Ipanema) [Jobim, Antonio Carlos] [Gimbel, Norman] [De Moraes, Vinicius] The Green Mountains [Swallow, Steve] The Inch Worm [Loesser, Frank] The Intrepid Fox [Hubbard, Freddie] The Magician In You [Jarrett, Keith] The Most Beautiful Girl In The World [Rodgers, Richard] [Hart, Lorenz] The Night Has A Thousand Eyes [Brainin, Jerry] [Bernier, Buddy] The Song Is You [Kern, Jerome] [Hammerstein II, Oscar] The Sorcerer [Hancock, Herbie] The Sphinx [Coleman, Ornette] The Star-Crossed Lovers [Ellington, Duke] [Strayhorn, Billy] The Surrey With The Fringe On Top [Rodgers, Richard] [Hammerstein II, Oscar] The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise [Seitz, Ernest] [Lockhart, Eugene] There Is No Greater Love [Jones, Isham] [Symes, Marty] There Will Never Be Another You [Warren, Harry] [Gordon, Mack] There'll Be Some Changes Made [Overstreet, Benton] [Higgins, Billy] They Didn't Believe Me [Kern, Jerome] [Reynolds, Herbert] Think On Me [Cables, George] Thou Swell [Rodgers, Richard] [Hart, Lorenz] Three Flowers [Tyner, McCoy] Time Remembered [Evans, Bill] Tones For Joan's Bones [Corea, Chick] Topsy [Battle, Edgar] [[Durham, Eddie] Tour De Force [Gillespie, John 'Dizzy'] Triste [Jobim, Antonio Carlos] Tune Up [Davis, Miles] Turn Out The Stars [Evans, Bill] [Lees, Gene] Twisted Blues [Montgomery, John, L. (Wes)] Unchain My Heart [Sharp, Bobby] [Powell, Teddy] Uniquity Road [Metheny, Pat] Unity Village [Metheny, Pat] Up Jumped Spring [Hubbard, Freddie] Upper Manhattan Medical Group (UMMG) [Strayhorn, Billy] Valse Hot [Rollins, Sonny] Very Early [Evans, Bill] Virgo [Shorter, Wayne] Wait Till You See Her [Rodgers, Richard] [Hart, Lorenz] Waltz For Debby [Evans, Bill] [Lees, Gene] Wave [Jobim, Antonio Carlos] We'll Be Together Again [Fischer, Carl] [Lane, Frankie] Well You Needn't (It's Over Now) [Monk, Thelonious] [Perro, Mike] West Coast Blues [Montgomery, John L. (Wes)] What Am I Here For' [Ellington, Duke] What Was [Corea, Chick] When I Fall In Love [Young, Victor] [Heyman, Edward] When Sunny Gets Blue [Fischer, Marvin] [Segal, Jack] When You Wish Upon A Star [Harline, Leigh] [Washington, Ned] Whispering [Coburn, Richard] [Schonberger, John] [Rose, Vincent] Wild Flower [Shorter, Wayne] Windows [Corea, Chick] Witch Hunt [Shorter, Wayne] Wives And Lovers (Hey, Little Girl) [Bacharach, Burt] [David, Hal] Woodchopper's Ball [Bishop, Joe] [Herman, Woody] Woodyn' You [Gillespie, Dizzy] Yes And No [Shorter, Wayne] Yesterday [Lennon, John] [McCartney, Paul] Yesterdays [Kern, Jerome] [Harbach, Otto] You Are The Sunshine Of My Life [Wonder, Stevie] You Are Too Beautiful [Rodgers, Richard] [Hart, Lorenz] You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me [Fain, Sammy] [Kahal, Irving] [Norman, Pierre] You Don't Know What Love Is [Raye, Don] [DePaul, Gene] You Took Advantage Of Me [Rodgers, Richard] [Hart, Lorenz] Young At Heart [Richards, Johnny] [Leigh, Carolyn] You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You [Morgan, Russ] [Stock, Larry] [Cavanaugh, James]

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A Light Hour 2008-Set of parts for Per Nørgård's En Lys Time / A Light Hour (2008-09) for a variable Percussion Ensemble (min. 10 players). In A Light Hour everything - rhythms and motifs – is based on Nørgård´s special infinity series. Score: WH30964 Programme note A Light Hour is for ‘any number of percussion musicians’ (but a minimum of ten). The duration is about 60 minutes. The instrumentation is in principle open as long as percussion is used within the three types specified in the score: skin metal and wood. Each musicianuses two sound sources with two different sounds one of which is bright (or light) and the other dark. Certain passages also include tuned percussion instruments – vibraphone xylophone marimba gamelan glockenspiel steel drums crotales and the like. The work integrates and combines a number of rhythms that Nørgård has used in percussion works since the 1970s for example in Early Spring Dance (for choir and percussion) and percussion works like I Ching Easy Beats Whirls Zigzag Nemo Dynamo and Echo Zone I-II-III. Special “tone-feasts” (the composer’s term) – followed by a rest – are an recognizable melodic feature of the work.: the first minute end with a short tone-feast (and a rest) the first four minutes end with a tone-feast lasting a minute (and a rest) the first quarter of an hour ends with a tone-feast of four minutes (and a rest) – and the work ends with a tone-feast lasting quarter of an hour (and a rest when the work is over ...). The first 15 minutes have a bright light character throughout and alternate between rhythms and melodic play. The following 15 minutes are more insistent and decidedly percussion-based Afro-Cuban whereas the third quarter of A Light Hour moves in the

Création 04/11/2018 - Cologne (Allemagne), Philharmonie - Anaïs Gaudemard (harpe) Commanditaire Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian et Philharmonie de Paris Dédicace à Anaïs Gaudemard Notice Nighthawks est une oeuvre pour harpe solo. Lorsqu' Anaïs Gaudemard [1] m'a demandé d'écrire cette oeuvre, elle souhaitait l'intégrer à un programme sur le thème des oiseaux. J'ai immédiatement pensé à l'oeuvre Nighthawks (1942) - ou Oiseaux de nuit - du peintre réaliste américain Edward Hopper (1882-1967). Inspirée par cette oeuvre, j'ai conçu la pièce d'un seul tenant comme un voyage au coeur de ce tableau. Hopper y projette un instantané de la vie quotidienne américaine. La scène se déroule à une heure avancée de la nuit et plusieurs atmosphères s'en dégagent. En effet, l'oeil est à la fois attiré par cette rue sombre, déserte, et immaculée d'un centre-ville américain ; intrigué par la situation figée des quatre personnages à l'intérieur d'un diner aux couleurs vives ; et hypnotisé par l'éclat de l'immense vitrine du bar. Contrastante avec l'obscurité de la rue, la lumière de cette vitre éclairée au néon est saisissante. Elle sépare ainsi les deux ambiances du tableau. La vue du spectateur à travers elle se fait de l'extérieur vers l'intérieur du bar. L'absence de porte de sortie donne l'impression que les personnages sont isolés et leur solitude est encore renforcée par cette vitre qui entoure la scène éclairée - comme s'ils étaient sous cloche. A l'intérieur du diner, un homme vu de dos mange ; un couple se tient côte à côte (l'homme fume ; la femme est vêtue de rouge) ; un serveur s'affaire. Nous ne savons rien d'eux. Que font-ils à une heure si tardive ? Où se trouve la sortie ? De quoi discutent-ils ? Se connaissent-ils ? J'ai voulu concevoir musicalement cette scène du point de vue du spectateur, comme si nous étions happés, aspirés à l'intérieur même du tableau. L'introduction - Mystérieux, sombre - fait entendre les douze coups de minuit et nous plonge dans l'obscurité de cette rue typiquement américaine. De cette atmosphère nocturne naît un chant étrange - presque ouaté avec les sons xylophoniques - comme si nous ne pouvions l'entendre distinctement à travers la vitre lumineuse qui sépare la rue et le bar. Happés par cette lumière vive, nous passons à travers la vitrine et rentrons progressivement à l'intérieur du diner au moyen d'une boucle hypnotique répétée inlassablement, comme si nous rentrions dans un état de transe - Hypnotique. C'est la tension sous-jacente de cette situation figée des personnages que j'ai voulu représenter dans le passage central - Rythmique et pulsé. Puis, nous sortons de cette sensation d'hypnose en repassant à travers la vitre du bar et retrouvons l'atmosphère nocturne de cette rue déserte et immaculée - Hypnotique - Mystérieux. Camille Pepin [1] Créatrice et dédicataire de la pièce Presse Que voici une oeuvre tout simplement belle ! Camille Pépin, née en 1990, a eu un parcours marqué par la danse et la composition. Mais on découvre ici tout simplement une artiste, qui nous invite à la contemplation d'une oeuvre du peintre Edward Hopper. Ayant travaillé la composition et l'orchestration aussi bien avec Thierry Perrine qu'avec Thierry Escaich, Guillaume Connesson et Marc- André Dalbavie, elle s'est forgé un langage original qui lui permet ici de nous envouter à la fois par sa musique et par la contemplation du tableau. On pourra en juger par l'interprétation qui est faite de cette pièce sur YouTube qu'on écoutera ainsi en regardant le tableau. Bien sûr, on peut aussi écouter l'oeuvre telle quelle : elle se suffit. Mais avec le tableau... Daniel Blackstone L'Education Musicale n°128 (janv-fév 2020)