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Orages programme |
05/2002 |
Des
Orages programme
has been questioning the conception of storms in baroque operas. Four projects
did belong to this programme:
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In October 2000, Rémy-Michel Trotier went to
Drottningholm to make recordings of the Wind and Thunder machineries, thanks
to the Naumann
travel grant.
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In September 2001, these recordings have been used
together with Glass harmonica sounds as incidental music for a demonstration
of reconstruction of voltairian theatre, in the general frame of the project
"Emerging
Acting Styles around Voltaire" with
Leiden University and Leidse Shouwburg.
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In October 2001, they have been used again for
incidental sounds in the production of Orlando
furioso by Gilbert Blin, in Statni
Opera Praha, under the musical direction of Jiri Kotouc.
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Finally,
in January 2002, they have been extensively transformed and used as material
for a new piece for Glassharmonica and electronics: La Machine des Orages.
Rémy-Michel Trotier
May 2002
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