Composed for the 2008 Sonic Boom festival’s ensemble in residence, Nu:BC. Premiered by the ensemble on April 12th, 2008, at the Western Front in Vancouver.
Ficelles
2007,
5’.
For alto flute, viola, cello, and piano.
Program notes
A flurry of scintillating sonic shards and frayed textures rushes forth at the opening of Ficelles, immersing the listener in a swarm of colour. Once the frenetic energy dissipates, the scattered fragments are gathered together and gradually begin to cohere, being pulled and spun to form threads that are eventually woven together. The sound of the title (which means “strings”) mirrors the progression of the work: the noisy, chaotic acoustic energy at the beginning is drawn out to form the stable vowel sound at the end.
