Commissioned by the Molinari Quartet<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Premiered by the Bozzini Quartet on Jnury 17 2006 Squaring the circle<\/em>, Redpath Hall - McGill University, Montreal (Quebec)<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1988, I composed the music of a documentary by Marie D\u00e9cary; it was about the presence of two Canadian artists at the Venice Biennial, in this case Roland Brener of Vancouver and Michel Goulet of Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fascinated by the images of the filmmaker, depicting \u00abcontemporary\u00bb works parachuted into a Renaissance decor, overflowing with history, I chose to use a basic material that was inspired by this era while \u00abupdating\u00bb it thanks to transformation techniques patiently developed over the years. I finally chose one of the 46 motets of the Spanish composer Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) who lived in Venise (!!!) and whose four voices responsory \u00abTradiderunt Me In Manus Impiorum\u00bb<\/em>(\u00abThey have delivered me into the hands of the ungodly\u00bb) immediately charmed me. Later, I decided to orchestrate certain elements of this film soundtrack and to develop it independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What followed were six works, all based on the motet of Tomas Luis de Victoria for different instrumental ensembles, from a grand orchestra with soloist and choir (Le Voyage<\/em>) to a string quartet (Le Grand M\u00e9ridien<\/em>), also including organ, narrator and percussions (Golgot(h)a<\/em>). We find then, in chronological order:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Le Grand M\u00e9ridien<\/em>Le Grand M\u00e9ridien, (the grand central \u00abnerve\u00bb\u2026) closes (for now?) in a way this cycle of \u00abbaroque\u00bb works, through a process of \u00abextreme\u00bb decantation where form and content not only join, but blend beyond the kaleidoscopic prism of historical references and psychedelic intoxication of pure invention, to create an unusual object, itself the carrier of a new \u00abmessage\u00bb and that still remains to be decrypted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Given this perspective, the \u00abhard-core\/heavy-metal<\/em>\u00bb instrumental formation of the string quartet might have served me as an ideal distillation to \u00abboil\u00bb all of this rich alchemical concoction, in the hope of finding Radium, or Nirvana, or Redemption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To be continued\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Walter Boudreau, January 33 2006\n \u00c9coutez le 5e \u00e9pisode du balado \u00abLe studio du Quatuor Molinari\u00bb au cours duquel Walter Boudreau discute avec l’animateur Jean Portugais de son quatuor \u00abLe Grand M\u00e9ridien\u00bb en suivant ce lien https:\/\/youtu.be\/wynicVToiL0<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\nEnglish translation : Oliver Haeffly<\/p>\n\n\n\nWalter Boudreau est l’invit\u00e9 du balado \u00abLe studio du Quatuor Molinari\u00bb<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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