The voice as used by musicians today is deciphering hitherto unknown territory. The voice deprived of meaning. Voice deprived of text. Pure voice, raw voice, the almost primitive voice. The voice frees itself from the traditional medium of words. Acousmatic music allows for all manner of variations in the relationship between the pure sounds of the voice and a new relationship with the text. From sound to meaning, to language.

As a choirmaster since 1965, the multiple relationships between text and music offered by Western musical history — from Gregorian chant to electroacoustic works — and all the expressive capabilities of the human voice have led me to explore the vast field of possibilities in the electroacoustic studio.

This program explores all the facets of this relationship: pure voice, sacred song, song and space, scream and voice emitted while breathing in, spoken text dispersed and integrated into the musical flow, dramatization through the musical context, the use of dialogue…

— Annette Vande Gorne [i-25]

Luc Beauchemin, Skrikch Skrakch (2022-23) from the five versions of Skrik [The Scream] (1893-1917) by Edvard Munch.