World premiere of Contre-jour le jour by Georges Aperghis
Each new symphonic work by Georges Aperghis is always eagerly awaited, especially in these post-Covid times, and particularly when it is paired with the undeniable talents of singer Lionel Peintre and conductor Daniele Gatti.
On 4 December in Rome, the two eminent artists will stand alongside the Accademia Filarmonica Romana for the premiere of the composer's last orchestral piece, accustomed used to "meaningful" titles:
"In French, to live "from day to day" means not being able to make plans, to live only in the present moment. This is how I lived when I wrote this work, because it was during the first lockdown; I had the impression that life appeared as if backlit, when you view someone who is in front of the light, in front of you, and that you cannot see their features, you cannot recognise them. It was for me a feeling of weightlessness and great violence."
Georges Aperghis continues: "During this forced solitude, a quote by Pasolini from his collection La Rabbia allowed me to build a" fighting character", grappling with an unrecognisable reality.” His broken melodic line is built on certain words and phonemes of the poet's sentence: In questi urli, in questo strepito, in queste adunanze sterminate, in queste luci, in questi meccanismi, in queste dichiarazioni, in queste armi, in questi eserciti, in questi deserti, in questo irriconoscibile sole, incomincia la nuova Preistoria. *
Thus was born Contre-Jour Le Jour, a doubly novelistic work and, as always with this unique composer, infinitely human.
Georges Aperghis - Contre-jour le jour
for solo baritone & ensemble
World premiere: December 4, 2021 - Teatro Olimpico (Roma)
on the occasion of the concert for the bicentenary of the Roman Philharmonic Academy
Mozart Orchestra
Lionel Peintre, baritone
Daniele Gatti, conductor
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Consult the score on ISSUU:
*In these screams, in this din, in these endless meetings, in these lights, in these mechanisms, in these declarations, in these weapons, in these armies, in these deserts, in this unrecognizable sun, the new Prehistory begins.