Douce folie

2013
for soprano and mezzo-soprano
First page of the composition
Score available on request

Duration: 5 minutes
Dedicated to Julie Erhart and Sophie Belloir

About

Child! If I were king, I would give the empire,
And my chariot, and my scepter, and my people on their knees
And my golden crown, and my porphyry baths,
And my fleets, for whom the sea is not enough,
For a glance from you!

If I were God, the earth and the air with the waves,
The angels, the demons bowed before my law,
And the deep chaos with its fertile entrails,
Eternity, space, and the heavens, and the worlds,
For a kiss from you!


Victor Hugo, Les feuilles d'automne (1831)

Detailed instrumentation

  • soprano /
  • mezzo-soprano (playing cowbells)

Highlights

  • Apr 17, 2014
    Sélestat (FR)

    Julie Erhart and Sophie Belloir

  • Feb 15, 2014
    Strasbourg (FR)

    Julie Erhart and Sophie Belloir

    Premiere