Recyclages

Humans have always reused objects they have inherited, sometimes repairing them. Through various manipulations, embellishments and touch-ups, and by erasing their imperfections, they made them more attractive and appropriated them.

Our current behaviour, which takes on new virtues in the face of industrial objects, is the same, and we are constantly fighting against obsolescence and ageing.

This concerto for violin and string orchestra brings into play this notion of “recycling”. Without, of course, having the slightest reluctance towards the great masters (who are eternally relevant), I wanted to borrow a few tricks or formulas from the violin repertoire.

Formal ideas, drawn from famous 20th-century concertos, are integrated and “recycled” in an allusive way, but they will reveal themselves to the attentive listener.

I wanted to capture Alban Berg's ghostly depression, Sergei Prokofiev's joyful motorism, Jean Sibelius's icy hesitation, and Béla Bartók's barbaric rage. The notion of “cycle” is also present, with the periodic and varied return of certain melodies, rhythms, or harmonies.

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