De Temps à Autre (2014)
Large Orchestra
2. 2. 2. 3 / 4. 2. 3. 1 / timp + 3perc / pno / hp / 12. 8. 8. 6. 4
World Premiere : McGill Symphony Orchestra
McGill Symphony Orchestra (Cond. Adam Johnson)
April 11th, 2015 - Pollack Hall, Montréal, QC, Canada.
McGill Symphony Orchestra © Tam Lan Truong
Program Notes
De Temps à Autre (2014) composed for large orchestra, involves various techniques of structuring musical time. It elaborates a musical language incorporating sonic representations of three distinct conceptions of temporal organization: a linear model, implying a relationship of cause and effect between earlier and later events; a cyclic model, inspired by natural phenomena such as circadian rhythms, tidal movements or human breathing; and a spatial model, manifesting through auditory illusions of a physical space, without any strategic spatial distribution of sound sources.
— Francisco Ferro