Vienna

Lascaux Urbana (Urbana 2), 43’40 / 2004
Commissioned by the French government — Premiered at Musiques Inventives in Annecy, Bonlieu Scène Nationale, 3 november 2004.

The work consists of 8 Canciones and 4 interludes. Each part has a dominant in the sense of colour, material and tempo. The recording work with the instrumentalists, harp, cello, bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet, are mingled with percussive sound bodies I recorded myself. Synthesis, very little exploited in this work, is confined to the use of physical models, rudimentary and in accordance with the initial idea of a musical universe at its origins. Voluntary, the instruments and the synthesis are here coarse or redirected.

The movements are:

1. Percussions résonantes (4’30)
   
2. Rauque – Gratté (4’20)
   
3. Interlude I (2’08)
   
4. Synthèse primitive (3’51)
   
5. Interlude 2 Transition (1’18)
   
6. Souffle resonant (4’32)
   
7. Interlude 3 - Instrument étendu (2’48)
   
8. Du Presque rien (5’10)
   
9. Interlude 4 - Métaux frottés (2’08)
   
10. A travers une harpe (3’11)
    
11. Jeux rythmiques (5’05)
    
12. Résonances lointaines (4’15)