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Nigel Keay - Moderato à cent d'huîtres (2014)
For viola and piano, in one movement, duration: ca. 3 minutes 45". Moderato à cent d'huîtres - Score PDF (7 pages) AUDIO; isten to the opening bars of Moderato à cent d'huîtres from the Polymnie CD Moderato à cent d'huîtres was composed during the summer of 2014 for Sylvain Durantel. It was released in 2016 on a CD called "La Cuisine à l'alto", the gastronomical-literary-musical theme being an original idea by Sylvain Durantel. It included new pieces by sixteen composers for viola, piano and reciter. "moderato à cent d'huîtres", the title of the piece, is a word play in French on huit (eight) and huître (oyster), so it's the tempo of the piece ( = 108) as well as being a hundred oysters. The author Honoré de Balzac was reputed to have gone to a restaurant after finishing a work to indulge in a hundred oysters. There's also a triple pun with cent and sang (blood) which are pronounced the same. From Balzac's novel La Duchesse de Langeais (la Comédie Humaine) (text recited by François Castang); Le comte de Montriveau était un homme qui avait une incroyable passion pour les huîtres. Upcoming performances;
Performance History; Moderato à cent d’huîtres a été jouée le 18 Août au Nakameguro GT Plaza Hall de Tokyo.Sylvain Durantel (viola) and Emmanuel Christien (piano). Wednesday 20th July 2016, 9pm. Festival Musique à la Ferme, Grange de la Chèvrerie, Lançon-Provence, France. Cédric Lebonnois (viola) & Emmanuel Christien (piano). More info; Flyer PDF 21st February 2016, 4pm, 2016 International Viola Conference at Mahidol College of Music, Thailand. "One of Us" Concert (Viola Music Composed by Violists) Paul Groh, Viola, Yoshimi Matsushima, Piano. Premiere; Sunday 5th July 2015, 4pm by Sylvain Durantel (viola) and Emmanuel Christien (piano) at the Abbaye de Graville, rue de l'Abbaye, Le Havre as part of their programme "La Cuisine à l'alto". Poster of concert PDF. Moderato à cent d'huîtres was performed on Sunday 4th October 2015, 1pm, by Paul Groh and Yerim Lee at the Robert Knox Hall, Central Coast Conservatorium, Gosford NSW 2250, Australia. Deauville 23rd October, 20h30 - Théâtre du Casino Barrière. Sylvain Durantel (viola) and Emmanuel Christien (piano). Salle Val de l'Isle à Troyes 25th October 2015, 4.30pm.Sylvain Durantel (viola) and Emmanuel Christien (piano). 19 May 2016, Hôtel de Ville de Barr, Barr, Alsace. (La Cuisine à l'alto) |
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