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Cantate grise

Jean Derome

Cantate grise

  • Jean Derome
  • Year of composition: 1990
  • Duration: 50:50

Stereo

ISRC CAA4J9810001

  • 44,1 kHz, 16 bits

The music of Cantate grise, inspired by readings of the complete works of playwright Samuel Beckett, is a tribute to this pillar of 20th century literature, and attempts to reflect his lucidity, asceticism, fraternal spirit and his very paradoxical “joie de vivre.”

Premiere

  • November 9, 1990, Montréal musiques actuelles / New Music America: Cantate grise, Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montréal (Québec)

Mastering

  • 1997, Robert Langlois, Jean Derome

Performers

Les Ubs

Jean Derome

Les Ubs

  • Jean Derome
  • Year of composition: 1991
  • Duration: 33:44

Stereo

ISRC CAA4J9810021

  • 44,1 kHz, 16 bits

Music for a fanfare of 6 musicians as well as a choir of actors, Les Ubs is to be a friendly nod to Alfred Jarry and the paraphysical spirit, from Érik Satie to Boris Vian. A violent satire of the human flaws.

Mastering

  • 1997, Robert Langlois, Jean Derome

Luna-Park

Jean Derome

Luna-Park

  • Jean Derome
  • Year of composition: 1992
  • Duration: 33:36

Stereo

ISRC CAA4J9810040

  • 44,1 kHz, 16 bits

With Luna-Park 1913, the power of imagination is at the forefront. This music is an evocation of those uproarious years which preceded the Russian Revolution; it is an hommage to inventors, or “patenteux” as we say around here. The creation of Luna-Park 1913 also saw the founding of the trio Les Patenteux du Québec, which consists of Jean Dérome, René Lussier and Pierre Tanguay.

Mastering

  • 1997, Robert Langlois, Jean Derome

Performers