„NOW“ bei Folkwang sound surround: Ondes Martenot

Folkwang
Universität der Künste
08. November | 19.00 Uhr
Neue Aula | Essen
„NOW“ bei Folkwang
sound surround: Ondes Martenot
_ Binet-Audet: Ondes Martenot
_Gilles Gobeil: Live-Elektronik, Spatialisierung, Klangregie
Bol-Hydre (2011 / 10:00)
Des temps oubliés (2012 / 12:33), acousmatic
Voix Blanche (1989 / 13:02), ondes Martenot and fixed sounds
Là où vont les nuages… (1991 / 11:20), ondes Martenot, real-time processing and fixed
sounds
La Perle et l’Oubli (2002 / 21:17), ondes Martenot and fixed sounds
_all compositions by Gilles Gobeil
After studies in music theory, Gilles Gobeil completed his Master’s in composition at
Université de Montréal. Since 1985 he has concentrated on the creation of acousmatic and
mixed works. His compositions approach what is known as “cinéma pour l’oreille” (cinema for the ear); many of them are inspired by literary works and seek to “visualize” them
through the medium of sound.
Winner of more than 20 prizes in Canada and abroad, Gobeil has been Composer-inResidence at The Banff Centre, Bourges, GRM, Hochschule Franz Liszt, ZKM and was
Guest Composer of the DAAD’s Artists-in-Berlin Programme in 2008. Gobeil is currently a
professor of music technology at Drummondville CEGEP, and has been Guest Professor of
electroacoustics at the Université de Montréal and at the Montréal Conservatory. He is a
member of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community, Associate Composer of the Canadian
Music Centre and co-founder of Réseaux, an association dedicated to the production of
Media Art events.
After studying organ at the Conservatoire de Montréal, Suzanne Binet-Audet took advanced courses under Jean Langlais in Paris. She studied the ondes Martenot in parallel with
its inventor, Maurice Martenot, at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris, where
she received First Prize. She went on complete her Licence de concert at the École Normale
Supérieure de Paris under Jeanne Loriod.
Since then she has been performing both as a soloist and as a member of the ondes Martenot ensembles Sextuor Loriod (Paris) and the Ensemble d’Ondes de Montréal since it was
founded in 1976. She has also performed with various orchestras and ensembles internationally at such festivals as EMS, World Music Days, Holland Festival and Toronto’s Electronic
Music Festival.
Binet-Audet was the soloist for the recording of Gilles Gobeil’s DVD Trilogie d’ondes, which
won the Prix Opus (Disc of the Year) in 2005. She appears in and contributed to the soundtrack of the 2012 documentary Le chant des ondes — Sur la piste de Maurice Martenot
(English: Wavemakers).
Bol-Hydre (2011 / 10:00)
The Bol (Bowl) is a fantastic musical instrument invented by Jean-François Laporte that
generates strange and menacing sounds. The Hydre (Hydra) is a monstrous beast that
would grow two heads for each one that was cut off. I suppose one could say I simply
tried to create a graft using these two curiosities: the large majority of the sounds used to
compose this piece are taken from the instrument itself.
Commissioned by Productions Totem contemporain (Jean-François Laporte) with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Second prize in 2012 by the Phonos Foundation
(Spain) and Musiques & Recherches (Belgium) in the 5th Destellos International Competition of Electroacoustic Composition and Visual Music (Argentina).
Des temps oubliés (2012 / 12:33)
In 2011, the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt was celebrated. Des temps oubliés is a modest
homage to the Hungarian composer and pianist. Musical fragments appear, are rapidly
absorbed into this new soundscape of the technological revolution. With thanks to Robin
Minard and François Couture.
Commissioned by GRM — Groupe de recherches musicales, Paris, with the support of the
Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec (CALQ). Produced at GRM.
Voix Blanche (1989 / 13:02) ondes Martenot and fixed sounds / ondes Martenot et
sons fixés
In memory of Serge Garant (1929–1986)
This dramatic piece brings together one of the earliest electronic instruments and one of
the most recent developments in digital audio technology. The instrumentalist occupies a
well-defined space in this universe of sound on tape. However, her role is not that of the
traditional soloist. The tones of the ondes Martenot, supple and expressive, approach the
strains of the human voice, and seek to meld with the highly intense material on tape.
Commissioned by Suzanne Binet-Audet with the support of the Canada Council for the
Arts. Second Prize in 1989 in the 11th Concorso Internazionale “Luigi Russolo” di musica
elettroacustica, Varese (Italie). Second Prize in 1989 in the 17th Concours international de
musique Électroacoustique de Bourges (France).
Là où vont les nuages… (1991 / 11:20) ondes Martenot, real-time processing and
fixed sounds / ondes Martenot, temps réel et sons fixés
To Suzanne Binet-Audet
In this piece, the ondes Martenot is linked to a MIDI converter, enabling the performer to
play, in addition to her instrument, other MIDI instruments (synthesizer, sampler, and the
entirety of the processing). This “super-instrument” gives access to a profusion of sounds
— simple and complex — which surround and accompany the timbre of the ondes Martenot while remaining responsive to the nuances imparted by the performer.
Finalist in 1996 in the 23rd Concours international de musique Électroacoustique de
Bourges (France).
La Perle et l’Oubli (2002 / 21:17) ondes Martenot and fixed sounds / ondes Martenot et sons fixés
The final piece of the Trilogie d’ondes is a personal interpretation of a Gnostic text from the
second century, entitled Hymn of the Pearl and attributed to Bardesanes (152–222). The
writing for the instrument is just as expressive but sparse. The premiere was given in 2002
by Suzanne Binet-Audet at the Stadtgarten in Cologne, Germany.
Weitere Folkwang Veranstaltungen im Rahmen von NOW!:
15. Nov. 2013 | 18.00 Uhr | ChorForum Essen | Fischerstraße 2 - 4 | Essen
Folkwang bei „NOW!“
sound surround: „Lux aeterna“
_Video: Amen Feizabadi
_Video, Klangregie: Prof. Dietrich Hahne
_Klangregie: Prof. Thomas Neuhaus
_Werke von Ligeti, Risset, Tallis, Striggio, Hahne
_Eintritt € 10.- | ermäßigt € 5.16. Nov. 2013 | 18.00 Uhr | Neue Aula | Essen
„NOW!“ bei Folkwang
sound surround: „Klicksonar“
_Pia Hauser, Flöte
_Jan Termath, Tuba
_folkwang modern. Ensemble für Neue Musik der Folkwang Universität der Künste
_Luigi Nono: „Post-praeludium per Donau“ für Tuba und Live-Elektronik
_Peter Eötvös: „Windsequenzen“ für Flöte und Ensemble
_Roman Pfeifer: „Klicksonar“ für Ensemble und Live-Elektronik (Uraufführung)
_Das neue Werk von Roman Pfeifer ist ein Auftragswerk der Philharmonie, gefördert vom
Ministerium für Familie, Kinder, Jugend, Kultur und Sport des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen.
_Eintritt € 10.- | ermäßigt € 5.-
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