{"product_id":"lemoine-hurel-philippe-pas-a-pas-388494","title":"Hurel Philippe - Pas A Pas","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSummary of This Score\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDated \u003cstrong\u003e10\/08\/2015\u003c\/strong\u003e (Venice, Biennale, Sala delle Colonne) and associated with the \u003cstrong\u003eEnsemble Recherche\u003c\/strong\u003e, this score is accompanied by a text in which Philippe Hurel reflects on two moments in his compositional journey. He first discusses \u003cstrong\u003eFigures libres\u003c\/strong\u003e, composed \"fifteen years ago\" for the full forces of Recherche, then the creation of a new piece conceived according to a somewhat different project.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe composer highlights a major contrast: whereas \u003cstrong\u003eFigures libres\u003c\/strong\u003e was a directed work with a largely predetermined form, the more recent piece belongs more to \u003cstrong\u003echamber music\u003c\/strong\u003e, with a formal organization built progressively, \"step by step.\" Despite these differences, Hurel explains that he chose to reactivate principles he had not used since, gathered under the idea of \"contamination.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConcretely, this involves making distinct musical situations coexist, initially superimposed or juxtaposed, until they mutually transform. In \u003cstrong\u003eFigures libres\u003c\/strong\u003e, the opposition arose between the string trio on one side and the winds and piano on the other. Here, in the absence of the string trio, the balance is redrawn: \u003cstrong\u003epiano and percussion\u003c\/strong\u003e form one pole, while \u003cstrong\u003ethree woodwinds\u003c\/strong\u003e constitute the other. These two levels, initially without apparent connection, approach each other through \"rhythmic and morphological contamination\" to become struck and resonant spectra, before regaining their autonomy and recomposing into small groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from an abstract exercise, these successive transformations aim to build the \u003cstrong\u003edramaturgy\u003c\/strong\u003e of the piece and renew listening. Hurel also relates this formal thinking to literature, citing \u003cstrong\u003eClaude Simon\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eLeçon de choses\u003c\/strong\u003e, where heterogeneous narratives eventually produce a homogeneous perception. He concludes on the compositional work under commission constraints and on the chain of actors (engraver, musicians, programmer, publisher), evoking \u003cstrong\u003el'Espace littéraire\u003c\/strong\u003e by Maurice Blanchot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTechnical specifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e@media(max-width:632px){table[data-wb-spec]{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) minmax(0,1fr)}table[data-wb-spec] colgroup{display:none}table[data-wb-spec] tbody,table[data-wb-spec] tr{display:contents}table[data-wb-spec] td{display:block;overflow-wrap:anywhere;grid-row:var(--wb-l);background-color:var(--wb-lb)}table[data-wb-spec] td[data-r]{grid-row:var(--wb-r);background-color:var(--wb-rb)}table[data-wb-spec] td[colspan=\"2\"]{grid-column:1\/-1}table[data-wb-spec] td:empty{display:none}}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ctable data-wb-spec style=\"width:100%;table-layout:fixed\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n  \u003ctr style=\"background-color:var(--wb-neutral-50);--wb-l:1;--wb-r:2;--wb-lb:var(--wb-neutral-50);--wb-rb:transparent\"\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMusical Genre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left;font-weight:var(--font-body-weight-bolder)\"\u003eClassical\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd data-r colspan=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ctable data-wb-spec style=\"width:100%;table-layout:fixed\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n  \u003ctr style=\"background-color:transparent;--wb-l:1;--wb-r:3;--wb-lb:transparent;--wb-rb:transparent\"\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left;font-weight:var(--font-body-weight-bolder)\"\u003ePhilippe Hurel\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd data-r style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd data-r style=\"text-align:left;font-weight:var(--font-body-weight-bolder)\"\u003echamber ensemble (piano, percussion, three woodwinds)\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr style=\"background-color:var(--wb-neutral-50);--wb-l:2;--wb-r:4;--wb-lb:var(--wb-neutral-50);--wb-rb:var(--wb-neutral-50)\"\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left;font-weight:var(--font-body-weight-bolder)\"\u003eEnsemble Recherche\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd data-r style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd data-r style=\"text-align:left;font-weight:var(--font-body-weight-bolder)\"\u003econtemporary music, chamber music\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Lemoine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54358808527123,"sku":"388494","price":81.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/0872\/6803\/files\/2bb8afa048bf15558d80d2a78f905b88c9bd0e0e_9790230997287_9ddcd799-4e24-42be-8947-de2a113407b4.jpg?v=1789457303","url":"https:\/\/woodbrass.shop\/products\/lemoine-hurel-philippe-pas-a-pas-388494","provider":"Woodbrass.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}