This album tells stories about wind, ocean and a village feast in the southern France... The listener is led into a poetic journey about free- dom and impermanence.
It brings together three Ferrari-related works: by Ferrari himself, by Ferrari’s wife Brunhild Meyer- Ferrari and an improvisation by Royer to one of Ferrari’s soundscapes.
Luc Ferrari was very interested in collaboration. New music violist Vincent Royer began collab- orating with Ferrari following their meeting in 2001.
Regarding Ephémère (1974), Ferrari wrote: “This musical piece – which, as its name says, is based on the effects of the sea – is intended for musicians open to all types of music. As the name says too, this tape has been conceived as a snap of time.” In 2012 Brunhild Ferrari real- ized this new version for Royer’s viola.
BRUNHILD FERRARI’s Le piano englouti (“The Sunken Piano”) is a tape piece comprised of recorded and processed sounds. The sounds were recorded over 14 years, at a Greek island almost swallowed by the noisy Aegean Sea, and in 2010, at a very discreet and silent Japanese island. Originally composed to accompany a piano, as in Debussy’s work of the same name, this version is arranged for Royer’s viola.
The ROYER/FERRARI Pour que le vent soit propice uses Ferrari’s tape piece “Ce qu’a vu le Cers” as the basis for a viola & electronics improvisation. This live recording captures the special mood of the intimate concert surround- ings it was recorded at.
Liner notes by Brunhild Ferrari and Royer.
credits
released January 30, 2020
LUC FERRARI: Ephémère (1974)
new version for viola & tape by Brunhild Ferrari (2012) Vincent Royer, viola
BRUNHILD FERRARI: Le Piano Englouti
(2012)
version for viola & tape
Vincent Royer, viola
VINCENT ROYER – LUC FERRARI: Pour que le vent soit propice (2011) based on “Ce qu’a vu le Cers” (1978) by Luc Ferrari Vincent Royer, viola, voice, percussion & electronics
supported by 4 fans who also own “Ferrari 3: Ephémère (mode285)”
"The paradox of an infinite string of unique moments informing the repetitive nature of being. The Unification of Inner and Outer Life as the last track’s title suggests? That’s probably impossible. But this album might help getting closer to that goal. Music triggering the weight and scale of the human experience."
my review on Veil of Sound: https://veilofsound.com/2024/02/26/Kali_Malone-All_Life_long.html Der Ohlsen