Horizons du silence (DVD-Audio Surround) Track listing detail
… et le ça
Martin Leclerc
- Year of composition: 2000-01
- Duration: 12:58
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T0716833598
Stereo
ISRC CAD500720770
- AAC, 320 kbps
- Dolby Digital, 48 kHz, 24 bits
- MP3, 320 kbps
- 48 kHz, 24 bits
Either in a muddled phase or not, the mind travels through various states: fear, solitude, joy, sadness… The internal is shaken from everywhere and control is acquainted with absence. The wait is hoping for liberation as long as even the tallest is being filtered by the fog. The rhythm has been broken.
[English translation: François Couture, x-07]
… et le ça [… and the It] was realized in 2000-01 at the studio of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and premiered in May 2001 at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal. It has won First Prize at the Hugh Le Caine Award of the SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers (Canada, 2002).
Composition
- 2000 – 2001, Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Montréal (Québec)
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
Premiere
- May 14, 2001, Concert électro, Conservatoire de musique de Montréal – Studio A, Montréal (Québec)
Awards
À l’horizon du silence
Martin Leclerc
- Year of composition: 2001-02
- Duration: 17:16
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Instrumentation:
amplified
B -flat trumpet and stereo fixed medium - Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T0725158326
Stereo
- AAC, 320 kbps
- MP3, 320 kbps
The biblical scriptures from the Old Testament about the trumpets of Jericho (Book of Joshua, 6) evoke the sonic power of the trumpet and the violence of rivalry in human relationships. Recent political events can shed circumstantial light on this text. These events inspired my choice of materials, but one should not interpret this work as a justification of violence or the expression of political beliefs.
There are other topics arising from the original inspiration, for instance: urban heterogeneity and the media invasion. These topics rub elbows in a dense and sundry counterpoint (lots of materials coming from different fields).
[English translation: François Couture, x-07]
À l’horizon du silence [On the Horizon of Silence] was realized in 2001-02 at the studio of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and premiered in April 2002 at the Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal in Montréal. Thank you to Bénédicte Décary, recorded voice. À l’horizon du silence has won First Prize at the Hugh Le Caine Award of the SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers (Canada, 2003).
Composition
- 2001 – 2002, Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Montréal (Québec)
Recording
- 2006-05, Jean Landry • Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Montréal (Québec)
Mixing
- Martin Leclerc • Personal studio, Montréal (Québec)
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
Premiere
- April 2002, Concert, Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal (Québec)
Awards
About this recording
This performance was recorded in May 2006 at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal by Jean Landry and mixed at the composer’s studio.
À l’horizon du silence, 1: Une journée comme les autres
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 3:34
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014553970
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720780
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
À l’horizon du silence, 2: Solo de trompette 1
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 3:00
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014529341
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720790
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
À l’horizon du silence, 3: Femme hystérique dans la ville
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 1:05
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014538897
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720800
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
À l’horizon du silence, 4: Solo de trompette 2
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 1:30
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014562313
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720810
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
À l’horizon du silence, 5: Écroulement
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 0:14
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014528757
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720820
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
À l’horizon du silence, 6: Solo de trompette 3
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 1:05
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014503629
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720830
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
À l’horizon du silence, 7: Désert
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 6:48
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014590466
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720840
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
À l’horizon du silence, 8: Éclaircie de soleil
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 6:48
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014583030
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720840
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
L’Odyssée
Martin Leclerc
- Year of composition: 2002-03
- Duration: 12:13
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T0725159590
Stereo
- AAC, 320 kbps
- MP3, 320 kbps
“… since then, he has long tried to forget these abominable memories…” — Enki Bilal, La chose à venir in Memories of Outer Space and Memories of Other Times
L’Odyssée (The Odyssey) draws inspiration from the comic short story La chose à venir by Yugoslavian cartoonist Enki Bilal (1951). The comic book’s world is characterized by science fiction, surrealism, and the psycho-dramatic aspect of both characters and plot. From my analysis of the comic book, I have drawn out a few affects; coldness, anxiety, horror, and madness. For each affect, I have selected a number of sounds that illustrate it on a metaphorical level. However, the book’s plot is used very freely and musically transposed in the form of a program in five tableaux.
[English translation: François Couture, x-07]
L’Odyssée was realized in 2002-03 at the studio of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and premiered in June 2003 at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal. It has won Second Prize at the Hugh Le Caine Award of the SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers (Canada, 2005).
Composition
- 2002 – 2003, Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Montréal (Québec)
- 2002 – 2003, Personal studio, Montréal (Québec)
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
Premiere
- June 2003, Concert, Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Montréal (Québec)
Awards
L’Odyssée, 1: Souvenirs
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 1:13
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014544800
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720850
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
L’Odyssée, 2: Respiration 1
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 1:10
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014525554
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720860
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
L’Odyssée, 3: Sommeil — Réveil
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 2:57
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014562506
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720870
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
L’Odyssée, 4: Respiration 2
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 1:13
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014529921
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720880
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
L’Odyssée, 5: Affrontement, folie
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 5:40
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014495900
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720890
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
Sauf dans la brume
Martin Leclerc
- Year of composition: 2005
- Duration: 12:33
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- Commission: Réseaux des arts médiatiques, with support from the CCA
- ISWC: T9012778948
Stereo
ISRC CAD500721090
- AAC, 320 kbps
- MP3, 320 kbps
- 48 kHz, 24 bits
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720900
“Everything was basking in oppressive calm.” — Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), Memoirs (Confieso que he vivido: Memorias) (1974)
“I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers.” — Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), Walden; or, Life in the Woods (1854)
This piece is about solitude. I was inspired by my own solitude and two literary works: Walden; or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau and Confieso que he vivido: Memorias by Pablo Neruda. Sauf dans la brume (Except in the Mist) is a musical transposition of various states of solitude feeding on the literary discourse and soundscape evoked by these works.
[English translation: François Couture, x-07]
Sauf dans la brume was realized in 2005 at the composer’s studio and premiered on December 10, 2005 during the Akousma (2) festival produced by Réseaux at Espace GO in Montréal. It was commissioned by Réseaux des arts médiatiques with support from the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA). Sauf dans la brume has won First Prize (ex æquo) at the Hugh Le Caine Award of the SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers (Canada, 2006).
Composition
- 2005, Personal studio, Montréal (Québec)
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
Premiere
- December 10, 2005, Akousma (2): Rhapsodie urbaine, Espace Go, Montréal (Québec)
Awards
Pièce pour petites oreilles
Martin Leclerc
- Year of composition: 2003-04
- Duration: 14:30
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T0725159603
Stereo
- AAC, 320 kbps
- MP3, 320 kbps
Babies have extremely sensitive ears, particularly refined in the treble and mid-treble range. This allows them to hear the smallest variations in acoustic pressure. The tiniest sound can appear to be gigantic. Lacking a frame of reference, the baby is easily astonished or frightened by sounds more “cultured” ears would find common.
[English translation: François Couture, x-07]
Pièces pour petites oreilles [Pieces for Tiny Ears] was realized in 2003-04 at the studio of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and at the composer’s studio. It premiered on April 19, 2004 at the Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal in Montréal. Pièces pour petites oreilles has won Third Prize at the Hugh Le Caine Award of the SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers (Canada, 2006).
Composition
- 2003 – 2004, Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Montréal (Québec)
- 2003 – 2004, Personal studio, Montréal (Québec)
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
Premiere
- April 19, 2004, Concert, Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal (Québec)
Awards
Pièce pour petites oreilles, 1: Berceuse
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 1:43
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014523650
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720910
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
Pièce pour petites oreilles, 2: Balbutiements
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 1:43
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014587076
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720920
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
Pièce pour petites oreilles, 3: «Koa le fermier»
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 3:12
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014545416
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720930
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
Pièce pour petites oreilles, 4: Pulsations
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 2:14
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014572395
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720940
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
Pièce pour petites oreilles, 5: Colère — Réconfort
Martin Leclerc
- Duration: 5:38
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T9014552091
Surround 5.1
ISRC CAD500720950
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
Il y a… il y avait des fleurs
Martin Leclerc / Martin Leclerc
- Year of composition: 2000
- Duration: 12:00
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- ISWC: T0716833623
Stereo
ISRC CAD500720960
- AAC, 320 kbps
- Dolby Digital, 48 kHz, 24 bits
- MP3, 320 kbps
- 48 kHz, 24 bits
Il y a… il y avait des fleurs (There Are… There Were Flowers) is a dramatic programmatic work in which the main character is humankind represented in its modern form (progress, individualism, power, the all-encompassing media chaos), which is often rather close to its primitive state (birth, survival instinct).
The starting point for Il y a… il y avait des fleurs is one of my own texts, Les enrobés (The Blinkered Ones), about loosing control. The sonic mood in the first movement, where this text is fully included, gives a good idea of the general atmosphere of the piece.
Les enrobés (The Blinkered Ones)
The gunshot is heard
The curs kill two thousand dogs
Weapons are high in hand
And tears hang on to assAt the starting shot, very very early
A walk for hoofed humans
The sect of cloistered screens
For devilish thinkersCommittee meeting: Company
All levels are on the program
The President snorts up a few grams
“First Item: obsessions…”Have a pleasant evening!
[English translation: François Couture, x-07]
Il y a… il y avait des fleurs was realized in 2000 at the Conservatoire de musique de Québec and premiered in June 2000 at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal. Recorded reader: Martin Leclerc. It has won Second Prize at the Hugh Le Caine Electroacoustic Music Award of the SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers (Canada, 2002).
Composition
- 2000, Conservatoire de musique de Québec, Quebec City (Québec)
Mastering
- Dominique Bassal • Studio Inverse, Montréal (Québec)
Premiere
- June 2000, Concert, Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Montréal (Québec)