Lemoine Dufourt - Voyage PAR-delê Les Fleuves... - Orchestre
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Summary of This Score
Journey beyond rivers and mountains, after Fan K'uan, offers a listening and reading experience where the orchestra becomes landscape. The work is inspired by a major painting from the Northern Song period (960-1127), characterized by the regained unity of the depicted world and an almost sacred monumentality: steep cliffs, distant forests, a vertical waterfall like a ribbon, and human presence reduced to the infinitesimal. This tension between distance and emergence, depth and wall, is reflected in orchestral writing that favors continuity and the sensation of space.
The composer seeks an uninterrupted movement, "in one piece," like an elemental fabric where any break would be arbitrary. Rather than a traditional sectional form, the score unfolds as a ceaseless transformation of colors and masses: an enveloping dynamic runs through the whole, carrying internal oppositions (ascent and suspension, emergence and weight) and outlining vast sonic perspectives.
At the heart of this material, an instrumental pairing dominates: clarinets allied with trombones. The palette deepens through playing techniques that push the trombones into the extreme low register and diffract the clarinet into multiphonic tremblings, serving a dense, vibrant, and expressive texture. The orchestra then acts as a constantly erected "harmony-timbre," suggesting expanse and depth, while "flows of forces" punctuate the process without ever confining the listening within overly defined limits. Jointly commissioned by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice and the CIRM, this score is intended for performers and programmers seeking a major page of contemporary orchestral music that is demanding, immersive, and highly evocative.
Technical specifications
| Musical Genre | Classical | ||
| Composer | Hugues Dufourt | Genre | Contemporary score |
| Instrumentation | Large orchestra - Nomenclature: 4(+picc).2.2ca.3.clB.4(+2Cbn) / 6.4.4.1 / 2hp / 3perc.2timb. / 16.14.12.10.8 | Language | French |
Questions frequently asked
What is the orchestral instrumentation of this score?
The instrumentation includes 4 flutes with piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 English horns, 3 clarinets with bass clarinet, and 4 bassoons with 2 contrabassoons. The brass section consists of 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, and 1 tuba.
What role do the clarinets and trombones play in the writing?
The writing highlights the combination of clarinets and the 4 trombones. Multiphonic tremolos are indicated for the clarinet, while the trombones are directed towards the extreme low registers. This combination contributes to a dense orchestral texture.
Is the score in French?
The indicated language for this contemporary score by Hugues Dufourt is French.
What string and percussion forces are required?
The forces include 16 first violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, and 8 double basses. The percussion section requires 3 percussionists, 2 timpanists, and 2 harps.
What visual source inspired Voyage PAR-delê Les Fleuves...?
The work is inspired by a painting by Fan K'uan from the Northern Song period, dating between 960 and 1127. The cliffs, distant forests, and vertical waterfall inform an orchestral writing based on the continuity of colors and masses.
