Gérard Pesson

Gérard Pesson

Quatuor Diotima/Ensemble L’Instant Donné

Archive 2008
Music

Gérard Pesson
Quatuor I (Respirez ne respirez plus)
Vignette I, quatuor à cordes et timbales *
Fureur contre informe, string trio
Bitume, quartet II *
Instant Tonné, for ensemble
La Lumière n’a pas de bras pour nous porter,
for solo piano, then ensemble, version orchestrated by  Frédéric Pattar
Cassation, for string trio, clarinette, piano
Cinq chansons, for voice and ensemble
Vignette II, for ensemble *
Diotima Quartet
Melody Louledjian, soprano
Instant Donné Ensemble

* Creations
Made-to-order for the Festival d'Automne à Paris
Co-realized with Instant Pluriel
With the support of the Mécénat Musical Société Générale, the SACEM, and the
Ernst Von Siemens Foundation for Music

The third concert in the “Pesson cycle” is on a more intimate scale with chamber music, spanning 15 years of composition, from the 1993 string quartet – Respirez ne respirez plus – to the recent commission for the Festival d'Automne, highlighting the composer’s skill in expressing both eloquence and silence.