A personal interpretation of a Gnostic text from the second century, entitled Hymn of the Pearl and attributed to Bardesanes (152-222).

— Gilles Gobeil [English translation: François Couture, iii-05]

La perle et l’oubli [Pearl and Oblivion] premiered on January 7, 2002, at the Stadtgarten in Köln (Germany), at a concert presented by the WDR3, with Suzanne Binet-Audet at the ondes Martenot. The North American premiere took place on September 14, 2002, at a concert presented by the Vancouver New Music Society.

Composition

• 1999 – 2002, Personal studio, Montréal (Québec)

Premiere

• January 7, 2002, Suzanne Binet-Audet, ondes Martenot • Concert, Stadtgarten, Cologne (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)