Dedicated to Bruno Belthoise

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Creation of the entire cycle, as part of the Mozart/Vienna show? produced by the ensemble Le Concert Impromptu,  on December 15, 2006 at Le Bourget du Lac.

Duration : approx. 17'. Editions Francois Dhalmann

My snapshots are “  a scribble in pencil or ink, a little color, and that's it. ” Kees Van Dongen.

This collection of short works is not akin to sketches, studies or preludes, nor to variations in the classical sense of the term, although formal coherence is ensured by a work of variants of the motifs that run through the work. from side to side.

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This kind of travel diary, like quick sketches, involves for each of the pieces different musical gestures, nervous, incisive, precise where everything is more suggested than developed.

The general form of the work is as follows :

I=A (ca 3')

II=B (ac 1')

III=C (ac 2')

IV=A' (ca 5')

G=B' (3')

VI=C' (ac 2')

VII=A'' coda (ca 1')

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Modulations (Snapshots - 2nd book)

Registration

CORIOLAN® discs  2006 - COR 330 0901

The Impromptu Concert - Bruno Belthoise

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Analytical commentary

Jean-Paul Olive: Figure and character  in Les Instantanés de Bernard de Vienne, in The musical writing of Bernard de Vienne, under the direction of Joseph Delaplace (Ed. L'Harmattan)

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