René Lussier: Le trésor de la langue (CD, LP, CAS): description

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Le trésor de la langue

René Lussier

Le trésor de la langue

Ambiances Magnétiques | AM 015 | 1989

CD not in catalogue
LP out of print
CAS out of print

Le trésor de la langue

image: Louis-Pierre Bougie

design: Luc Beauchemin, Jean-François Denis

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Composer: René Lussier
Performers: Claude BeaugrandCéline ChaputTom CoraJean DeromeRichard DesjardinsFred FrithJean-Denis LevasseurClaude SimardPierre St-JakAlain Trudel

The narrative of this uber-classic of musique actuelle revolves around the quest of two adventurers, set out on the old Chemin du Roy, headed for Quebec City. Along the way, they ask the people whom they meet: “Is it important to speak French in Québec?” Their journey is the key to their discovery: the treasure of language.

One often hears the notion expressed that each language has its own music. René Lussier takes this notion litterally. All of the music in this radio work is drawn from the flow of its words. Every sentence has been transformed into notes and rhythms and orchestrated as accompaniment to the verbal narrative. The result, as one would expect from Lussier, is miles away from any known beaten track. Neither academic or political, Le trésor de la langue is a tribute to the quirks of speech, slang, accents; it is at times humorous and thoughtful, and even thought-provoking.

An unanimous decision, the jury members of the Community of French-speaking Radio Stations (CRPLF) awarded the 1989 Grand Prix Paul-Gilson for musics to René Lussier for this work.

Available via renelussier.com.

1

La Française du début

4m26s

Le non-lieu

Vox-pop 1

Le départ des aventuriers

2

Arts et traditions (direction 1)

7m55s

L’heure du dîner (archives 1)

Les 2 soeurs de Trois-Rivières (direction 2)

Rue Principale

Montage 28 (archives 2)

3

La visite de Charles de Gaulle

9m04s

De Gaulle revisité

L’Anglaise de Québec (direction 3)

Kiki

Manifeste du FLQ

4

Vestibule

8m24s

Çé ça qu’on va faire!

Le gars du Irving (direction 4)

Le tic-tac d’la veille

Le blues des résultats

Lend’main d’veille

Qui se souvient?

5

L’appel d’la pelle (direction 5)

5m24s

Ya tout’ mon estime

Le manifeste du FLQ (instrumental)

6

Le message d’la reine

2m59s

Échange de bar

7

Fanfare et tradition (vox pop 2)

2m45s

L’indécise

8

C’t’écœurant

6m18s

Vestibule léger (direction 6)

Ma mère

Ha bein çé l’fun

9

Ouin çé ça (vox pop 3)

4m36s

Vous me m’nez à bout’

Le commercial

10

Mme Xavier Martin revisitée

4m38s

Le p’tit Jésus de M. Chose

11

Le Diable (archives 3)

3m25s

L’enfer (le reel de l’estime)

Le réveil

12

L’amygdalite à Duchesne (téléphone 1)

4m15s

Wow bec!

13

On peut parler (téléphone 2)

1m38s

total duration

65m45s

UPC / EAN 771028101528

René Lussier: Le trésor de la langue (CD, LP, CAS): description

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