Gérard Pesson
Gérard Pesson
Quatuor Diotima/Ensemble L’Instant Donné
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Gérard Pesson
Quatuor I (Respirez ne respirez plus)
Vignette I, quatuor à cordes et timbales *
Fureur contre informe, string trio
Bitume, quartet II *
Instant Tonné, for ensemble
La Lumière n’a pas de bras pour nous porter,
for solo piano, then ensemble, version orchestrated by Frédéric Pattar
Cassation, for string trio, clarinette, piano
Cinq chansons, for voice and ensemble
Vignette II, for ensemble *
Diotima Quartet
Melody Louledjian, soprano
Instant Donné Ensemble
* Creations
Made-to-order for the Festival d'Automne à Paris
Co-realized with Instant Pluriel
With the support of the Mécénat Musical Société Générale, the SACEM, and the
Ernst Von Siemens Foundation for Music
The third concert in the “Pesson cycle” is on a more intimate scale with chamber music, spanning 15 years of composition, from the 1993 string quartet – Respirez ne respirez plus – to the recent commission for the Festival d'Automne, highlighting the composer’s skill in expressing both eloquence and silence.
In the same place
Joséphine Markovits, l’art d’écouter
On 11 November at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, the Festival d'Automne is dedicating a concert to Joséphine Markovits. In her memory, the Ensemble Intercontemporain and the Ensemble L'Instant Donné will perform works by Claude Vivier, Olga Neuwirth, Gérard Pesson, Pierre-Yves Macé and Arnold Schoenberg. All proceeds from the ticket sales are donated to the Association for ALS Research.
Dorothée Munyaneza, Kae Tempest Inconditionnelles
For this new performance, titled Inconditionnelles singer, author, and choreographer Dorothée Munyaneza stages her French translation of Kae Tempest’s fervent play, Hopelessly Devoted (2015). Inconditionnelles explores the interstices where love and connection abound.
Pascal Rambert Je te réponds
Six voices ring out, bringing with them the captivating stories of six men and women, aged between 30 and 60 years old, and who are currently serving prison sentences. Usually confined to within prison walls, their words find a stage on which to be heard at the Bouffes du Nord theatre.
Dorcy Rugamba Hewa Rwanda – Lettre aux absents
Thirty years after the genocide in Rwanda, Dorcy Rugamba, actor, author and director, brings to life an extract from this work Hewa Rwanda – Lettre aux absents, published by JC Lattès.