Francois Bayle, "Grande Polyphonie"
Grande Polyphonie
36'22 -- 1974
Call...
Polyphony: 1...with active lines
The simplest concrete element, the line, thin and melodic arrives fastest at an abstraction of qualities. Active, passive, or intermediate, the true line is, according to Klee, the line subjected to a strong tension.
2...with repeated notes
Brief, equal, clear values scrabled by the patter of bells emitting call signals. Rigid, transposed, very tense repetition. Followed by a third, deep, abbreviated repetition. Transition, interrupted rubato.
3...with garden
A polyphony of space and colors. Contrast between very brief, delicate fragments--dry versus fluid - and ample quivering sheets having harmonic colors - static versus moving.
4...double figures
Combination of symmetries. Two contrasting parts - like male and female - organized in series of paired cells. These are varied up to the eighth repetition, where the first element is then brought to a completion. The mirror-repeats are enriched with successive transformations through added harmonics.
Then a new, very dynamic element appears - a man's mask bringing tidings...
5...large polyphony
A brief moment in the guise of a preface prepares the final "recall". Seven interconnected sections - though it is not immediately clear how they are related. Various sound signals are heard at frequent intervals, making it manifest that the role of the previous polyphonies was to lead up to the final combination. This makes it possible to listen in a musical way with a great deal of freedom, independence, superposing different voices. All the sound spaces used here resemble each other, from the more artificial and abstract ones to the totally concrete ones, which range from bird calls and songs to human calls and songs.
And finally, the initial call signal dissolves in a long breath,
recall...
Premiered on Radio France in Paris on April 7, 1975
Concert for the 18 Nations of the European Broadcasting Union
36'22 -- 1974
appel 0'46
polyphonies:
1...aux lignes actives 4'20
2...aux notes repetees 2'51
3...au jardin 5'13
4...figures doubles 5'14
5 ou grande polyphonie: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 16'20
rappel 1'42
polyphonies:
1...aux lignes actives 4'20
2...aux notes repetees 2'51
3...au jardin 5'13
4...figures doubles 5'14
5 ou grande polyphonie: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 16'20
rappel 1'42
Call...
Polyphony: 1...with active lines
The simplest concrete element, the line, thin and melodic arrives fastest at an abstraction of qualities. Active, passive, or intermediate, the true line is, according to Klee, the line subjected to a strong tension.
2...with repeated notes
Brief, equal, clear values scrabled by the patter of bells emitting call signals. Rigid, transposed, very tense repetition. Followed by a third, deep, abbreviated repetition. Transition, interrupted rubato.
3...with garden
A polyphony of space and colors. Contrast between very brief, delicate fragments--dry versus fluid - and ample quivering sheets having harmonic colors - static versus moving.
4...double figures
Combination of symmetries. Two contrasting parts - like male and female - organized in series of paired cells. These are varied up to the eighth repetition, where the first element is then brought to a completion. The mirror-repeats are enriched with successive transformations through added harmonics.
Then a new, very dynamic element appears - a man's mask bringing tidings...
5...large polyphony
A brief moment in the guise of a preface prepares the final "recall". Seven interconnected sections - though it is not immediately clear how they are related. Various sound signals are heard at frequent intervals, making it manifest that the role of the previous polyphonies was to lead up to the final combination. This makes it possible to listen in a musical way with a great deal of freedom, independence, superposing different voices. All the sound spaces used here resemble each other, from the more artificial and abstract ones to the totally concrete ones, which range from bird calls and songs to human calls and songs.
And finally, the initial call signal dissolves in a long breath,
recall...
Concert for the 18 Nations of the European Broadcasting Union
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