Bruno Mantovani
D'une seule voix
Bruno Mantovani
D'une seule voix
- Besetzung Streichduett (Violine und Cello)
- Komponist Bruno Mantovani
- Ausgabe Partitur
- Verlag Editions Henry Lemoine
- Bestell-Nr. LEMO28532
Lieferzeit 1-2 Wochen
Beschreibung:
The violin-cello duo has a mythical place in 20th century music, with some of the pieces devoted to it being absolute masterpieces (I'm thinking of Maurice Ravel's Sonata in particular). Yet, for a composer, writing for this pairing is no picnic since its purity (linked to the absence of resonating instruments and doublings, as well as the homogeneity of timbres) precludes any 'fudging'. The duo encourages what is evident, asceticism, especially on the harmonic level: the vertical thinking is subjected to the fact that it comes down to two monodic instruments.As its title (With a Single Voice) indicates, this work is, in fact, a solo for two instruments: homorhythm prevails here, except in sequences suggesting drone processes inspired by Indian music: one of the instruments ensures a static framework, whereas the other acts either by its lyricism or in a more discontinuous, even bruitist, register. This music in or with 'one voice' also attaches considerable importance to ornamentation: the use of quartertones refers to a highly orientalist conception of line, which, here, is never interrupted but becomes livelier during the relays between the two instruments.While composing the work, I constantly had in mind that this duo would be premiered in the middle of a programme centred on works by Giacinto Scelsi. The reference to Indian music and the ethereal sequences, along with micro-tonality, are so many tributes paid to this composer, outstanding for his independence and radical nature.Bruno Mantovani, translated by John Tyler Tuttle