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For Mikael Helasvuo

  • Alto Flute
  • 9 min

Programme Note

Couleurs du vent is an improvisation over the material of Cendres for alto flute, cello and piano (1998). For years I listened to the solo part of my double concerto ...à la fumée for alto flute and cello, always planning to explore it again. I particularly wanted to focus on the flute's palette of flat and noisy colours. The material of Cendres - which was still vivid in my mind since I had just finished the piece - was the starting point for a feverish writing process. The piece arose within a few days as I went through great emotions during my first days in France after one year spent in Finland. In the face of a fatal disease in my family, the blowing of the wind became the symbol of life to me, and the piece became a story of breathing…

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Discography

Let the wind speak

Let the wind speak
  • Label
    ONDINE
  • Catalogue Number
    ODE 1276-2
  • Ensemble
    Da Camera of Houston
  • Soloist
    Camilla Hoitenga, flute; Anssi Karttunen, cello; Daniel Belcher, baritone; Heloise Dautry, harp
  • Released
    1st November 2015