Le petit prince d’Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (2 × CD) Track listing detail
Le petit prince
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Year of composition: 1994
- Duration: 47:47
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
Stereo
An adaptation for radio of the book The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (produced by Odile Magnan for Société Radio-Canada in 1994).
Le petit prince (version intégrale)
- Texte: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Musique: Robert Normandeau
- Narrateur: Michel Dumont
- Adaptation, direction artistique: Odile Magnan
Distribution
- L’aviateur: Michel Dumont
- Le petit prince: Martin Pensa
- La rose: Christine Séguin
- Le roi: Jean Marchand
- Le vaniteux: Luc Durand
- Le buveur: Gilles Dupuis
- Le businessman: Guy Nadon
- L’allumeur de réverbères: Jacques Languirand
- Le géographe: Pierre Bourgault
- Le serpent: Cynthia Dubois
- Une fleur: Monique Giroux
- Un jardin de roses: Françoise Davoine
- Le renard: Jean-Louis Millette
- L’aiguilleur: Gérard Poirier
- Le marchand de pilules d’eau: Claude Préfontaine
Équipe
- Réalisatrice: Odile Magnan
- Assistante: Louise Charbonneau
- Prise de son, montage, mixage: Yves Cléroux
- Réalisateur-coordonnateur: Daniel Vachon
- Coordonnatrice de la production: Paulette Bourget
- Enregistré en 1994 au Studio 14 de la Maison de Radio-Canada à Montréal (Québec)
Recording
- 1994, Studio 14 — Maison de Radio-Canada, Montréal (Québec)
Le petit prince, 1: I
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 3:13
Stereo
Le petit prince, 2: II
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 2:57
Stereo
Le petit prince, 3: III
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 1:33
Stereo
Le petit prince, 4: IV
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 5:03
Stereo
Le petit prince, 5: V
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 3:28
Stereo
Le petit prince, 6: VI
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 1:30
Stereo
Le petit prince, 7: VII
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 3:12
Stereo
Le petit prince, 8: VIII
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 4:15
Stereo
Le petit prince, 9: IX
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 2:23
Stereo
Le petit prince, 10: X
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 5:36
Stereo
Le petit prince, 11: XI
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 1:39
Stereo
Le petit prince, 12: XII
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 0:59
Stereo
Le petit prince, 13: XIII
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 3:46
Stereo
Le petit prince, 14: XIV
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 3:36
Stereo
Le petit prince, 15: XV
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 4:28
Stereo
Le petit prince
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Year of composition: 1994
- Duration: 38:21
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
Stereo
An adaptation for radio of the book The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (produced by Odile Magnan for Société Radio-Canada in 1994).
Le petit prince (version intégrale)
- Texte: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Musique: Robert Normandeau
- Narrateur: Michel Dumont
- Adaptation, direction artistique: Odile Magnan
Distribution
- L’aviateur: Michel Dumont
- Le petit prince: Martin Pensa
- La rose: Christine Séguin
- Le roi: Jean Marchand
- Le vaniteux: Luc Durand
- Le buveur: Gilles Dupuis
- Le businessman: Guy Nadon
- L’allumeur de réverbères: Jacques Languirand
- Le géographe: Pierre Bourgault
- Le serpent: Cynthia Dubois
- Une fleur: Monique Giroux
- Un jardin de roses: Françoise Davoine
- Le renard: Jean-Louis Millette
- L’aiguilleur: Gérard Poirier
- Le marchand de pilules d’eau: Claude Préfontaine
Équipe
- Réalisatrice: Odile Magnan
- Assistante: Louise Charbonneau
- Prise de son, montage, mixage: Yves Cléroux
- Réalisateur-coordonnateur: Daniel Vachon
- Coordonnatrice de la production: Paulette Bourget
- Enregistré en 1994 au Studio 14 de la Maison de Radio-Canada à Montréal (Québec)
Le petit prince, 16: XVI
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 1:40
Stereo
Le petit prince, 17: XVII
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 3:06
Stereo
Le petit prince, 18: XVIII
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 0:28
Stereo
Le petit prince, 19: XIX
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 0:51
Stereo
Le petit prince, 20: XX
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 1:29
Stereo
Le petit prince, 21: XXI
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 7:09
Stereo
Le petit prince, 22: XXII
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 1:00
Stereo
Le petit prince, 23: XXIII
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 0:40
Stereo
Le petit prince, 24: XXIV
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 4:08
Stereo
Le petit prince, 25: XXV
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 4:37
Stereo
Le petit prince, 26: XXVI
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 9:55
Stereo
Le petit prince, 27: XXVII
Robert Normandeau / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Duration: 3:14
Stereo
Le renard et la rose
Robert Normandeau
- Year of composition: 1995
- Duration: 14:50
- Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
- Commission: The Banff Centre for the Arts, with support from the CCA
- ISWC: T0715225174
Stereo
ISRC CAD509913550
Le renard et la rose [The Fox and the Rose] is a concert suite composed from two sound sources: the music commissioned for an adaptation for radio of the book The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (produced by Odile Magnan for Radio-Canada in 1994) and whose principal themes are found in it, and the voices of the actors who collaborated in the recording of the radio adaptation.
It is the third work in a cycle begun in 1991 (Éclats de voix and Spleen [recorded on the album Tangram, empreintes DIGITALes, IMED 9419/20, and IMED 9920] were the first two) and is based exclusively on the use of the voice; more specifically on onomatopoeia, which is the only form in human language that corresponds directly to the designated objects, gestures or feelings as sounds, rather than as the abstract representations that are words.
In each of the work’s five parts a state or feeling experienced in adulthood is associated with a sonic framework: Babillage et rythme (Babbling and Rhythm), Nostalgie et timbre (Nostalgia and Tone), Colère et dynamique (Anger and Dynamics), Lassitude et espace (Weariness and Space), Sérénité et texture (Serenity and Texture). In them the musical themes associated with the different characters in the book are arranged chronologically: the King, the Businessman, the Conceited Man, the Flock of Wild Birds, the Well in the Desert, the Rose, the Baobabs, the Lamplighter, the Little Flower, the Merchant Who Sold Thirst-Quenching Pills, the Fox and the Geographer.
The voices of the different characters are those of Pierre Bourgault, Françoise Davoine, Cynthia Dubois, Michel Dumont, Gilles Dupuis, Luc Durand, Monique Giroux, Jacques Languirand, Jean Marchand, Jean-Louis Millette, Guy Nadon, Martin Pensa, Gérard Poirier, Claude Préfontaine and Christine Séguin.
[English translation: Tom Carter]
Le renard et la rose was realized at the composer’s studio with a grant from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ). The piece was commissioned by The Banff Centre for the Arts for the 1995 International Computer Music Conference (ICMC ’95) with support from the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA). Le renard et la rose had its premiere on September 6, 1995 at the Banff Centre for the Arts. It won the Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica (Linz, Autriche, 1996). It has been recorded a number of times: Prix Ars Electronica 1996 (ORF PAE 96), Le petit prince d’Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, CBC Records (MVCD 1091-2) and Sonic Circuits V (Innova 114).
Composition
- 1995, Personal studio, Montréal (Québec)
Premiere
- September 6, 1995, ICMC 1995: Concert, Margaret Greenham Theatre — The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff (Alberta, Canada)
Awards
Le renard et la rose, 1: Babillage et rythme
Robert Normandeau
- Duration: 14:50
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
Stereo
ISRC CAD500910001
Composition
- 1995, Personal studio, Montréal (Québec)
Le renard et la rose, 2: Nostalgie et timbre
Robert Normandeau
- Duration: 14:50
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
Stereo
ISRC CAD500910001
Le renard et la rose, 3: Colère et dynamique
Robert Normandeau
- Duration: 14:50
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
Stereo
ISRC CAD500910001
Le renard et la rose, 4: Lassitude et espace
Robert Normandeau
- Duration: 14:50
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
Stereo
ISRC CAD500910001
Le renard et la rose, 5: Sérénité et texture
Robert Normandeau
- Duration: 14:50
- Publisher(s): Ymx média
Stereo
ISRC CAD500910001