A whole remote world… (Dutilleux)

A whole remote world… is a Concerto for Violoncelle writes by Henri Dutilleux in 1970. The title is borrowed from worms of the poem the Hair , extracted the Fleurs of the evil of Charles Baudelaire: “A whole world remote, absent, almost late”. Each of the five movements also contains forward some worms extracted from this collection. Of atonal nature , it belongs to the chiefs of work of the Modern music and remains largely accessible from its poetic and oneiric character. Work was created the July 25th 1970 with the Festival of Aix-en-Provence by Mstislav Rostropovitch and the Orchestre of Paris under the direction of Serge Baudo. Its execution lasts approximately thirty minutes. The five movements are:

  • Enigma (Very free and flexible)

“… And in this strange nature and symbolic system… ”, Poem XXVII
  • Glance (Extremely calm)
“… the poison which découle
De your eyes, of your green eyes,
Lacs where my heart trembles and is seen with back… ”, the Poison
  • Houles (Broad and full)
“… You contain, ebony sea, one dazzling rêve
De veils, oarsmen, flames and masts… ”, the Hair
  • Miroirs (Slow and extatic)
“Our two hearts will be two vast flambeaux
Qui will reflect their doubles lumières
Dans our two spirits, these twin mirrors. ”, the Death of the lovers
  • Anthem (Allegro)
“… Guard your dreams:
Les wise does not have as beautiful ones as the insane ones! ”, the Voice

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