Shocking! Clarinettist and composer Robert Marcel Lepage strikes again on Ambiances Magnétiques, but for the first time, his music is clarinet-free! This new CD, Les choses dernières (“The last things”), is a suite for double string quartet and sampler, interpreted by the Quatuor Caméléon and Robert Marcel Lepage.

Fans of the clarinettist need not worry, however, for they will recognize Lepage’s personal touch, as his attacks, screams and textures as well as his sense of melody are all over the place. The music, dense, deep yet full of light, was created for Lucie Grégoire’s eponymous performance. Grégoire’s choreography was inspired by Anna Blume, heroine of Paul Auster’s “In the Country of Last Things.”

This is an invitation to discover the music of Robert Marcel Lepage and, who knows, maybe revisit Auster’s novel while you’re at it.

Track Listing

    • 1
      Urgence
      8m00s
    • 2
      Tissage
      5m16s
    • 3
      Funambule
      2m44s
    • 4
      Couteaux
      3m02s
    • 5
      Harmonica
      1m25s
    • 6
      Tango
      5m10s
    • 7
      Choral
      4m02s
    • 8
      Noir
      3m09s
    • 9
      Cascades
      7m03s
    • 10
      Compas
      6m05s
    • 11
      Choses dernières
      3m16s
Total duration: 49m17s

Also available in digital format (MP3, etc.) at your favourite online store.

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