d'un verre d'eau, by L'Ensemble Instable

d'un verre d'eau

by L'Ensemble Instable

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$5 USD or more

d'un verre d'eau 45:00

buy track

about

Drawing on three excerpts from the work Francis Ponge, Bruno Duplant’s score for d’un verre d’eau balances a profound openness—musicians are not instructed what to play and are given only the barest suggestion of how to play—with restraint, symmetry, and delicate control (“careful & mutual listening will be requested”). The texts that Duplant invites the musicians to read and reflect upon before performing establish a mood and a set of shared concerns, and the division of the piece into six discrete sections of approximately equal length gives the work a fragile form and clarity. To realize his score, Duplant assembled an extraordinary group of musicians—l’ensemble instable—who are each equally well versed in improvisation and the rigors of classical performance. In their hands, the score becomes a vessel—“clair, transparent, limpide”—for the musician’s to fill.

The original release included an archival CD-R containing a single realization of d’un verre d’eau mounted on Plexiglas; a copy of Duplant’s score and of those excerpts from the writings of Francis Ponge on which it is based; a brief essay by composer and musicologist Jennie Gottschalk discussing the piece; a mirror; and an additional informational sheet providing credits and track listing.

credits

released October 11, 2016

Eva-Maria Houben: harpsichord
Irene Kurka: soprano
Bileam Kümper: violin
Koen Nutters: doublebass
Rishin Singh: trombone
Bruno Duplant: organ and electronics

Score by Bruno Duplant
Prepared and recorded during 2016 in Germany
Edited, mixed, and mastered by Bruno Duplant