Chants Convergents - Ansârî “Tu es tout et c’est tout”
from Chants Convergents by Aventa Ensemble
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Chants Convergents …Ansârî, Etty Hillesum, Theresa d’Avila… (2003)
“These chants, as if turned towards a common magnet, originate from times and places far from each other: Ansârî is an Afghan Muslim mystic of the 11th century; Etty Hillesum is a young Dutch Jew who died in Auschwitz in 1943; the Castilian Thérèse d’Avila is one of the great Christian figures of the 16th century, both in her writings and in her foundations.
These three texts have also in common in their structure the idea of alternation: In Ansârî to search/to fly away, to remember/to forget, to find/to be found; in Hillesum death/life and in d’Avila You/Me. It is therefore the form of the poem that shapes the music. However music adds its own rays to the text by some tropes (parenthesis of instrumental comments by grafts from the words), by the rhythm of the poetical itinerary, by the balancing strength of alternate contraries; or by some striking words like foolishness in Ansârî, a great universal life in Hillesum and You- Me in d’Avila.” – Gilles Tremblay
“These chants, as if turned towards a common magnet, originate from times and places far from each other: Ansârî is an Afghan Muslim mystic of the 11th century; Etty Hillesum is a young Dutch Jew who died in Auschwitz in 1943; the Castilian Thérèse d’Avila is one of the great Christian figures of the 16th century, both in her writings and in her foundations.
These three texts have also in common in their structure the idea of alternation: In Ansârî to search/to fly away, to remember/to forget, to find/to be found; in Hillesum death/life and in d’Avila You/Me. It is therefore the form of the poem that shapes the music. However music adds its own rays to the text by some tropes (parenthesis of instrumental comments by grafts from the words), by the rhythm of the poetical itinerary, by the balancing strength of alternate contraries; or by some striking words like foolishness in Ansârî, a great universal life in Hillesum and You- Me in d’Avila.” – Gilles Tremblay
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released November 1, 2021
Helen Pridmore, soprano | AK Coope, clarinet | Karl Williams, percussion | Aaron Mattock, percussion | Roger Admiral, piano | Bill Linwood, conductor
Helen Pridmore, soprano | AK Coope, clarinet | Karl Williams, percussion | Aaron Mattock, percussion | Roger Admiral, piano | Bill Linwood, conductor
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