Lily [mixed version] came to be when the accordionist Joseph Petric asked me for a new piece (I had already composed L’Entrevue for him in 1991).

I proposed that I work from the confidences of a courtesan that I had collected some time before. He liked the idea, and suggested that I add a part for violinist Lynn Kuo, a duet being more suited to the subject matter.

First, I composed a fixed media version that I entitled Lily (2011-12). Then, I started working on the mixed music version, which was developed in several stages between 2014 and ’18: back and forth with the musicians (improvisation sessions in reaction to the fixed media version); notation of the instrumental parts; revision of the electroacoustic part to make room for the instruments.

— Yves Daoust [English translation: François Couture, ii-22]

Lily [mixed version] was realized in 2014-18 at the composer’s studio in Montréal (Québec) and premiered on March 23, 2018 by Joseph Petric and Lynn Kuo during the concert Série Hommage José Evangelista: Par 5 chemins… at Studio-théâtre Alfred-Laliberté of UQAM in Montréal (Québec). This mixed version was commissioned by Joseph Petric with support from the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA).

Composition

• 2014 – 2018, Personal studio, Montréal (Québec)

Premiere

• March 23, 2018, Joseph Petric, accordion; Lynn Kuo, violin • Homage Series José Evangelista: Par 5 chemins…, Studio-théâtre Alfred-Laliberté — UQAM, Montréal (Québec)

About this sound recording

The present recording of Lily [mixed version] was performed by Joseph Petric, accordion, and Lynn Kuo, violin, at Studio Minerve in Laval (Québec) in October 2021, and in Toronto (Ontario) in November 2021, and was mixed at the composer’s studio.

Recording

• October 21, 2021, Yves Daoust • Studio Minerve, Laval (Québec)
• November 7 – 8, 2021, Yves Daoust • Toronto (Ontario, Canada)

Mixing

• November – December 2021, Yves Daoust • Personal studio, Montréal (Québec)

Performers

• Lynn Kuo, violin
• Joseph Petric, accordion