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15.HOPE |
3'09 ce morceau sera retenu et diffusé par Radio France internationale |
06.THE FORBIDDEN CITY |
5'24 |
02.THE SOUND OF SILENCE |
6'58 |
13VIVA |
6'42 |
Music: Noam Bonnand/ piano Performer: Hatsumi Takato
For people who have a little more time, to travel. You can listen pieces below
accompanied with beautiful photos. Only pieces with a blue loudspeaker
can be listened to with
the photo. Photos without loudspeakers are also accessible, but without the music.
I offer here free the listening of 1/3 of my album the sound of the silence, by hoping to tempt you to discover the rest with the CD.
| 15 pieces | 14 images |
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| 1.Portrait(portrait) The first piece is a musical portrait of my grandfather and also the story of the last moments of his life. It ends on the heartbeats of the person i call "Le cher individu" (The beloved one). |
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| 2.The sound of silence(le son du silence) "Le son du silence" represents the profounds depths of mourning and the feeling of malaise which can manifest itself in the absence of a beloved one. |
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| 3. Funeral march (marche funèbre) | |
| 4.The waltz of no return(la valse sans retour) "la valse sans retour" portrays my grandfather's struggle for life, his battle against the illness wich took his life. There is a strong confrontation in this piece between, on the one hand, the passages which are not in three time, exposing this struggle and battle, and the other hand, the waltz movements representing the illness, having the last word at the conclusion of the piece, and the death of "le cher individu". |
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| 5.Obscure paradise (paradis ténébreux) "Paradis ténébreux" is a reflection on the eternal question: is there an after life ? although i'm an atheist, this did not prevent me from being drawn towards the deceased's opinion and describing, in a dream, his belief in paradise. |
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| 6.The forbidden city (La cité interdite) "La cité interdite" is a piece on the abstract notion of time. It describes a forbidden place no-one has yet managed to penetrate and takes us into a parallel dimension where the mystery of the universe is evoked. It is a time-making machine... |
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| 7.Island of the dead (De l'île des morts) This piece is dedicated to my uncle Max Soumagnac (a learned man, music lover, painter, architect) who shared a deep friendship with my grandfather. After hearing "portrait", he strongly encouraged me to write. Shortly after his death, an exhibition of his paintings was organized. These paintings, which show a certain Picasso influence, included his last works on the theme of death and one of these, magnificent and terrifying, was entitled "De l'île des morts". This seventh piece makes reference to my uncle's vision, his ladscape of death, and also th the famous painting by Arnold Böcklin. |
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| 8.Titanic "Titanic" is a hommage to the survivors of the shipwreck. My grandfather was 5 or 6 when the Titanic sank and could well have been aboard... |
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| 9.Mirrors (Miroirs) "Miroirs" is a poetic vision of hte past which juggles with a play of mirrors where the shining reflections of memory can be seen. |
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| 10.The other shore (l'autre rivage) "L'autre rivage" is the musical landscape of the soon to be deceased on the dark shore for the ferryman to come and take him in his boat to "l'île des morts". The feeling is grating, hammering and obsessional. |
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| 11.Les rames (the oars) "Les rames" represents the movement of the oars as the ferryman rows his boat. |
small bonus track |
| 12.Phantom waltz (Valse fantôme) The "vasle fantôme" is a macabre waltz, an invitation and welcome into the other world as the boat, after having crossed the murky waters, enters the island of the dead. |
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| 13.Viva "Viva" is a kind of hymn to life |
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| 14.Earth (Terre) "Terre" is the return to our origins, to that which awaits all of us, to the foundation of life. |
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| 15.Hope (Espérance) "Espérance" is an optimistic and energetic view on life. The hope of the music is for the happiness of a long and wonderful life. |
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