I have always had a strange relationship with music as a listener. Often, without realising it, I try to completely detach myself from it and analyse it objectively, no matter the context. It is a form of protection. At different times in my life, however, certain pieces of music have completely invaded and inhabited me, accompanying me, sometimes even short passages of a song. In this work for 20 musicians, I bring together several of these passages, rearranging them, transforming them and making them interact.

— Alexandre David [xi-24]

Awards

• 1st prize, Prix collégien de musique contemporaine 2024-25, Québec

Performers

• Orchestre de l’Agora (OA) (Lyne Allard, violin I; Marie-Claire Vaillancourt, violin I; Taylor Mitz, violin I; Julien Patrice, violin II; Veronica Ungureanu, violin II; Olivier Allard, violin II; Xavier Lepage-Brault, viola; Sarah-Ève Vigneault, viola; Marie-Lise Ouellet, viola; Thomas Beard, cello; Marc Labranche, cello; Samuel-San Vachon, double bass; Ben Heard, double bass; Noémie Caron-Marcotte, recorder; Mélissa Tremblay, oboe; Pedro Molina, clarinet; Victor Alibert, bass clarinet; Karine Breton, bassoon; Guillaume Roy, horn; Félix Gauthier, trumpet; David Therrien Brongo, percussion)
• Nicolas Ellis, conductor