Les pâleurs de la lune
(2014
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Composer:
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay
for saxophone quartet and live electronics
« Et je me demandais si je veillais ou si je dormais, - si c'étaient les pâleurs de la lune ou de Lucifer, - si c'était minuit ou le point du jour ! »
« Mais bientôt mon oreille n'interrogea plus qu'un silence profond. »
- excerpts from the third book of Les Fantaisies de Gaspard de la Nuit, Aloÿsius Bertrand
So much beauty surrounds us, when we give it time! Often it emerges from a simple meeting, easily ignored. At a second glance, it will yield its deep nature, full of beauty and richness. So many nuances emerge when we allow ourselves to contemplate the moon!
Les pâleurs de la lune was commissioned by Quasar with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts.