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
