Concert
CartelMTL 2014, Suoni Per Il Popolo 2014 → Y’a du bruit dans ma cabane
Berthiaume · Wiens · Brady · Palardy Roger · Derome · Thomson · Hétu · Frith
Past event
Like seismographs translating everything from the littlest murmurs to the biggest tremors into audible form, the six members of Ensemble SuperMusique are exceptional soloists and masters of improvised music. They are appreciated for the uniqueness of their interplay and for the significant influence they’ve had on the evolution of musical language. For this concert, Ensemble SuperMusique presents a highly varied program based on improvisational games, verbal instructions, graphic scores, and more. The house will be rocked!
Instruments of Happiness: The electric guitar is the most dramatic, colourful, soulful, expressive instrument of the 20th century. So what could be better than a single, virtuoso solo electric guitar? Four guitars, of course – inhabiting a new, unexplored world of sting-bending timbres, amplified sounds, exotic noises, creative ideas, sonic architecture, adventurous harmony and luscious melodic gestures. The electric guitar quartet, chamber music for the 21st century. The concert at Suoni Per Il Popolo features three very different new works for the quartet. Antonine Berthiaume’s Fungi is a rhythmic tour de force, while Rainer Weins’ What is Time? features the other worldly sounds and unusual beauty of the prepared guitar. The concert finishes with a major new work by Brady – his four-movement The Same River Twice: Symphony #5.0 – a 30-minute piece which moves from punchy minimalist textures to haunting soundscapes, performed with energy and precision by some of Montréal’s top guitarists.
Credits
- Tim Brady Bradyworks / Instruments of Happiness
- Gary Schwartz Bradyworks / Instruments of Happiness
- Antoine Berthiaume Bradyworks / Instruments of Happiness
- Michel Héroux Bradyworks / Instruments of Happiness
- Jean Derome saxophones, flutes, objects, Ensemble SuperMusique
- Joane Hétu alto saxophone, voice, objects, Ensemble SuperMusique
- Danielle Palardy Roger drum set, Ensemble SuperMusique
- Pierre Tanguay drum set, Ensemble SuperMusique
- Martin Tétreault turntables, Ensemble SuperMusique
- Scott Thomson trombone, Ensemble SuperMusique
- Clemens Merkel violin, Quatuor Bozzini
- Isabelle Bozzini cello, Quatuor Bozzini
- Stéphanie Bozzini viola, Quatuor Bozzini
- Ulrike Stortz violin, Quatuor Bozzini
Programme
Antoine Berthiaume Fungi2013
4 electric guitars
Rainer Wiens What is Time?2013
4 electric guitars
Tim Brady The Same River Twice: Symphonie no 5.02013
4 electric guitars
Danielle Palardy Roger Y’a du bruit dans ma cabane2007
Jean Derome Canot-camping, courte expédition2007
Scott Thomson Fragments2013
free instrumentation
Joane Hétu Éphémérides2010
free instrumentation
Joane Hétu Musique / musique1998
free instrumentation
Jean Derome Le fruit du hasard2012
Fred Frith Green
Fred Frith Reykjavík
Watch and listen
Ensemble SuperMusique (ESM); CartelMTL 2014; Suoni Per Il Popolo 2014: Y’a du bruit dans ma cabane
Practical information
Where is the concert held?
La Sala Rossa
