We begin
Let’s start
                           Let’s sing
         The Muses
                  of our mountains
This is where we must start
                           in order to sing.
Let’s start
with the Mountain Muses
                           They who keep
the Great Enchanted Mountain.

— Excerpted from Hesiod’s Theogony as translated in French by Matteo Capponi) under the title La naissance des dieux [our translation]

— Sophie Delafontaine [English translation: François Couture, iii-19]

Ondiésop was realized in 2015 at the composer’s studio in Brussels (Belgium) and premiered on October 25, 2015, during the L’Espace du son festival at Théâtre Marni in Brussels (Belgium). The piece was commissioned by Musiques & Recherches. Thanks to Lucie Rausis (recorded voice) and Matteo Capponi.

Composition

• 2015, Personal studio, Brussels (Belgium)

Premiere

• October 25, 2015, L’Espace du son 2015: Scène émergente II, Théâtre Marni, Brussels (Belgium)

Mastering

• February 2019, Montréal (Québec)