Un monde plus mou

2022
for ensemble and voice

Duration: 7'30 minutes
Commissioned by the Orchestre de chambre de Paris
Alternative version for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion: Un monde plus mou

About

Un monde plus mou originally comes at the end of The Cold Song Project.

After a long continuous flow, where pulse and memory have shaped a journey of experiences, this piece proposes a final state: that of a world that does not stiffen, but instead softens, bends, and dissolves.
The pulse persists, but as if absorbed by a sound material that has become more fragile, more unstable. The musical colors gradually fade into a supple, almost porous texture. Time itself seems to soften, losing its relentless rigor to open up to an ambiguous ending: neither triumph nor downfall, but a gentle, suspended drift.

Un monde plus mou acts as a landing, a final lullaby.”

Detailed instrumentation

  • countertenor or soprano /
  • clarinet /
  • violin /
  • cello /
  • piano

Highlights

  • Mar 24, 2022
    Paris (FR) Théâtre 13

    Vanasay Khamphommala and musicians of the Orchestre de chambre de Paris

  • Mar 23, 2022
    Paris (FR) Théâtre 13

    Vanasay Khamphommala and musicians of the Orchestre de chambre de Paris

    Premiere