Mexico se pone de fiesta (Mexican celebration)
Three composers and nine musicians come together for an exhilarating concert
Works by Mexican composers Gabriela Ortiz and Guillermo Diego
Works by Thierry Pécou inspired by Mexico and Brazil
In this concert, the encounter of two ensembles with very distinct sound colour, both carried by the same innovating dynamism, Thierry Pécou offers his view of Mexico, through three of his works and the visit of two Mexican composers.
Evoking the five periods of the Old Mexico civilisations’ cosmogony, Soleil-Tigre, for cello and piano, is the second phase of creation of the world before it being devoured by dark night. Danzón for solo flute, engages the famous Cuban origined dance which in Mexico has become a true institution, simulating with a single voice the rhythmic polyphony which is counterpointed by a few of the interpret’s dance steps. The work in creation of Thierry Pécou for five keyboards of percussion is inspired by music for marimba from traditions of Veracruz and the Chiapas. In two long movements, the piece vacillates between a festive atmosphere and imaginary pre-Columbian traditions. Little by little, the five musicians join together on the same instrument, a reminder of big Mexican marimbas played by several musicians. In Paseo de la Reforma, the guitarist and composer Guillermo Diego uses elements of Native American music while recreating the festive atmosphere along the famous Mexico avenue. The music of Gabriela Ortiz is imbued with the energy of Mexico, its culture, its history, its geography. The talented Mexican composer, with her creation for the Percussions Claviers de Lyon and the Ensemble Variance, demonstrates her need to make her country vibrate with its exuberant colours and the confrontation of ancient myths and modern times. The concert ends by heading toward Brazil and its carnivals with Tremendum, a mini concerto for piano, percussions and instruments.
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Program
Guillermo Diego
Paseo de la reforma, orchestration by Thierry Pécou
Thierry Pécou
Soleil-Tigre for cello and piano
Thierry Pécou
Danzón for flute solo
Thierry Pécou
L’Arbre aux fleurs for 5 percussions
New commission: PCL
Gabriela Ortiz
Rios for 5 percussions, flute, saxophone, cello
New commission: PCL/Ensemble Variances
Thierry Pécou
Tremendum for piano, flute, saxophone, cello and percussion
New version
The cast
Ensemble Variances
Thierry Pécou piano and direction
Anne Cartel flute
Nicolas Prost saxophone
David Louwerse cello
Percussions Claviers de Lyon
PCL 5 percussionists
Discography
Tremendum
Chamber music works by Thierry Pécou, interpreted by the Ensemble Variances and the Percussions Claviers de Lyon (Harmonia Mundi, August 2012)
Informations
Co-production Adami, La Copie privée, Institut français, Odia Normandie, Ambassade de France au Mexique, ENM UNAM.