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Portrait Montréal
Pulau Dewata (1977; arr. 2002) [Michael Oesterle, arrangement], 11m47s [excerpt]
Track 1 from Portrait Montréal
CD: Collection QB (2004) CQB 0401
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    • 1
      Pulau Dewata (1977; arr. 2002), 11m47s
      string quartet
      • Commission: Bozzini Quartet
      • Premiere: September 17, 2002, Bozzini Quartet • Chapelle Saint-Louis — Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Montréal, Québec)

      What I wanted to write was a piece imbued with the spirit of Bali: its dances, its rhythms and, above all, an explosion of life, simple and candid. The ending is the traditional signature of many Balinese pieces, a loving homage to this marvellous people from whom I learned so much.”

      piste@cqb_0401-1.1 oeuvre@13136 ISRC CAA4J0410017
    • 2
      Quatuor à cordes no 2 (2002), 18m03s
      • Divertimento serioso
      • Round, Catch and Canon Club
      • Divertimento buffo
      • Mr Birdcage’s Ground
      • Tombeau
      • Musique sur laquelle il n’est pas interdit de danser
      • Premiere: May 14, 2002, Bozzini Quartet • Salle Pierre-Mercure — Centre Pierre-Péladeau (Montréal, Québec)

      “The postmodern response to modernism consists in the acknowledgement that the past, given that it cannot be destroyed, since that destruction would lead to silence, must be revisited: with irony, in a non-innocent manner.” — Umberto Eco

      piste@cqb_0401-1.2 oeuvre@13137
    • 8
      Daydream Mechanics V (2001), 11m23s
      • Commission: Bozzini Quartet
      • Premiere: April 29, 2001, Bozzini Quartet • Schwartz’sche Villa Steglitz (Berlin, Germany)

      The phrase “Daydream Mechanics” is taken from the title of a book by Quebec poet Nicole Brossard. This is the fifth in a series of pieces with this title, all of which use mechanistic devices to provide the base material. This quartet recalls the awkward adventures of childhood when the backyard seemed as full of fearsome possibilities as any unexplored geography. The simple mechanics of controlling ones own maneuvers make a challenge of a cultivated wilderness.

      piste@cqb_0401-1.8 oeuvre@13144 ISRC CAA4J0410024
    • 9
      • A Gently Flowing Song
      • A Brutal Song
      • An Agitated Song
      • A Song of Inner Vision — Coda
      • Commission: Bozzini Quartet
      • Premiere: May 2, 2002, Bozzini Quartet • La Chapelle (Montréal, Québec)

      The music is a structured improvisation composition in which the overall structure, as well as the process of development of each song, are pre-set and performance materials and techniques are clearly delineated. The element of improvisation then becomes the process through which all the musical materials are realized, moment to moment, by each musician within the framework of the composition.

      piste@cqb_0401-1.9 oeuvre@13145 ISRC CAA4J0410025

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