Unanswered Questions
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05/02/1995 - Radio-France - Studio Olivier Messiaen - Patrice Bocquillon (flute)
Unanswered questions shares the solo flute from Ethers, but the sober, intimist character inferred by its intention - in other times, the piece would have been entitled Tombeau de Dominique Troncin - renders the presence of other instruments superfluous. In vain one might seek a reference to the work with a similar title by Charles Ives, and these questions remaining unanswered find a musical characterisation in the "modest, unfinished melodies" stemming from the flute harmonics.
Pierre Rigaudière,
CD aeon Winter Fragments
Recording
1 CD aeon, AE0746
Winter Fragments - Unanswered Questions - Ethers - Feuilles à travers les cloches - Le Lac
Argento Chamber Ensemble, Erin Lesser (flute), Michel Galante (conductor)
