Instants / Litanies
for cello and accordion
for cello and accordion
This piece is composed of two litanies, each one of them preceded by a short introductory sequence or parenthèse. The subtitles and the formal concept of inter-linked sequences with “brackets” directly refer to string quartet Ainsi la nuit by Henri Dutilleux. The influence continues with a melodic phrase of the quartet (to be precise, the beginning of Litanies II) that is freely alluded to at the end of both litanies.
A few measures before the conclusion, the score briefly alludes to another piece by Henri Dutilleux, Timbres, espace, mouvement ou La nuit étoilée, wich shares the same poetic, nocturnal and enchanting universe with the string quartet. It is contemporary with Ainsi la nuit, of which it extends the advances to a symphonic frame.
Instants/Litanies is dedicated to Henri Dutilleux, but also to Fabrice Bihan and Philippe Bourlois.
Vincent Paulet
composed in : 2011
premiered in : 2011, Festival les Inouïes, by Fabrice Bihan, cello and Philippe Bourlois, accordion
duration : 4’30’’
publisher : Rubin
discography : Fabrice BIHAN (cello), Philippe BOURLOIS (acc.), 2014
("Hommage à Henri Dutilleux" TRITON TRI331196)
also in the repertoire of Mathilde Blondel, Raphaël Chrétien and Valentin de Francqueville (cello), Camille Salomé, Bruno Maurice and Alexandre Prusse (acc.)
YouTube Fabrice Bihan - Philippe Bourlois
A few measures before the conclusion, the score briefly alludes to another piece by Henri Dutilleux, Timbres, espace, mouvement ou La nuit étoilée, wich shares the same poetic, nocturnal and enchanting universe with the string quartet. It is contemporary with Ainsi la nuit, of which it extends the advances to a symphonic frame.
Instants/Litanies is dedicated to Henri Dutilleux, but also to Fabrice Bihan and Philippe Bourlois.
Vincent Paulet
composed in : 2011
premiered in : 2011, Festival les Inouïes, by Fabrice Bihan, cello and Philippe Bourlois, accordion
duration : 4’30’’
publisher : Rubin
discography : Fabrice BIHAN (cello), Philippe BOURLOIS (acc.), 2014
("Hommage à Henri Dutilleux" TRITON TRI331196)
also in the repertoire of Mathilde Blondel, Raphaël Chrétien and Valentin de Francqueville (cello), Camille Salomé, Bruno Maurice and Alexandre Prusse (acc.)
YouTube Fabrice Bihan - Philippe Bourlois