Hetu, Joane

Tryptique Musique d'hiver

Label: Ambiances Magnetiques Country: Canada

A specially priced box set bringing together all three CDs from Joane Hétu about the winter music: Musique d'hiver, Nouvelle musique d'hiver and Récits de neige.

Musique d'hiver:

"Musique d'hiver, by the prolific Joane Hétu, is a work in four movements that pays homage to chilly northwest winds, sparkling winter light, the February moon, and the tedium and the exasperation of March, all of which allow the emotional excitement of winter to show through.

You will be charmed by the freshness of this winter poetry and by the acoustic and metaphoric tones that pigment this picturesque canvas."-Ambiances Magnetique

Nouvelle Musique d'Hiver:

Beautiful, mysterious improvised compositions with spoken interludes, recorded live in March 2003 at the first Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques (MNM) festival. This is music that pays attention to both atmosphere and unusual impulse, from an amazing cast of techinical and sonically gifted players, a who's who of the Actuelle scene. Highly recommended.

" "Nouvelle musique d'hiver" consists of four movements in which musicians improvise from a canvas and compositional design. - 1. Joyeux temps; evocation of the first snowfalls and the Holiday season - 2. Être dans le vent; a tribute to wind and fire - 3. La marmotte; hibernation, boredom and pleasure - 4. Calcium sloche; a blend of end-of-winter madness and springtime activity.

In "Nouvelle musique d'hiver," Hétu is amplifying the microscopic aspect of natural sounds and integrating them to the sporadic interventions from electronic and pre-recorded sounds, and the pre-recorded recitation. Abandoning the melodic and tonal nature of the first installment, Hétu has produced an evocation of winter sounds set in a stripped-down sonic amalgam - a real audio documentary about winter.

"Nouvelle musique d'hiver" was recorded live in March 2003 by Bernard Grenon at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, during the first Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques (MNM) festival. The work was performed by Ensemble SuperMusique, consisting of Jean Derome, Guillaume Dostaler, Joane Hétu, Diane Labrosse, Pierre Tanguay (all featured on the first installment), and also Lori Freedman, Martin Tétreault and Gilles Derome."-Ambiances Magnetiques

Recits de Neige:

"Piece in four movements (Neige (Snow), Jamais Froid (Never Cold), Rafales (Gusts), Paysages (Landscapes)) written for acoustic and electric instruments Récits de neige invites the listener to a real snowfall performed by six musicians improvising masters who are familiar with the language of new music. This third installment of Winter Music offers an amalgam of sounds, images and stories intertwined in the winter. Touching and amusing anecdotes, told by the musicians and short songs, performed by all punctuate the winter road to strong sounds."-Ambiances Magnetiques