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Tombeau

de P.P.Pasolini



Full cycle



Vol I, II, & III



Le Tombeau de P.P.Pasolini was composed between 2014 and 2023.

Le Tombeau de P.P.Pasolini was composed in three pieces for ensemble and electronics, three independent volumes.


This cycle was initiated in 2014 with the commission of the first Vol (Vol I)

by Brussels based Ictus ensemble, for a show focusing on the Ars subtilior.


On a late afternoon in March (2022), accompanied by loved ones, we went to Ostia, to the very place of the tragic end, the one that says everything, without saying anything, by its screaming and deafening silence, at the very place where today (lately) stands a kind of stele/tombeau in memory of the immense visionary poet.

An inner slap, a spark, arose at that very moment, like something already written, but also an alert to have to do, to have to continue and "finish" this long cycle, as if to the point of giving thanks to what would then be an "impossible truth".

Accept death, murder, so that the life of the great poet is an endless extended inspiration.


As a result, Vol II and III were composed between September 2022 and March 2023.

These two volumes was written for an identical formation than the first one,

7 or 8 musicians and electronics.



Full cycle requires 10 musicians & electronics :

bass flute, bass recorder, paetzold recorder, bass clarinet,

electric guitar, violin, viola, cello,

e-keyboard(s) celesta, percussions,

& electronics.



Vol I (duration 16' ) (2014)

Le déchirèrent, chantant encore, et çà et là dispersèrent ses membres pleins d’harmonie

(7 musicians & electronics)


Vol II (duration 24' ) (2022/23)

Così sfogliai una vana rosa

(7 musicians & electronics)


Vol III (duration 23' ) (2023)

IO SO I NOMI

(8 musicians & electronics)



Vol I (duration 16' ) (2014)


Le déchirèrent, chantant encore, et çà et là dispersèrent ses membres pleins d’harmonie

(7 musicians & electronics)


bass flute, bass recorder, paetzold recorder,

violin, viola, cello,

e-keyboard(s) celesta,

& electronics


Commissioned and premiered by >>> Ictus ensemble

march 2014, Ars musica, Brussels.


Full audio premiere (& score follower) >>> here



Vol I ★


Le déchirèrent, chantant encore, et çà et là dispersèrent ses membres pleins d’harmonie



Vol II (duration 24' ) (2022/23)


Così sfogliai una vana rosa

(7 musicians & electronics)


bass flute, paetzold recorder,

electric guitar, violin, viola, cello,

e-keyboard(s) celesta,

& electronics


Will be premiered by Ghent based >>> Nemø Ensemble

≈ end 2023/24


Teas audio excerpt >>> here



Vol II ★


Così sfogliai una vana rosa



Così

sfogliai una vana rosa,

la rosa privata del terrore

e della sessualità, proprio negli anni

in cui mi si richiedeva d'essere il partigiano

che non confessa nè piange.



Pier Paolo Pasolini

Les cendres de Gramsci

Poesia in forma di rosa, p.253

© Nrf Gallimard



Vol III (duration 23' ) (2023)


IO SO I NOMI

(8 musicians & electronics)


bass flute, bass clarinet,

electric guitar, violin, viola, cello,

e-keyboard(s) celesta,

percussions,

& electronics


Will be premiered by Ghent based >>> Nemø Ensemble

≈ end 2023/24


Teas audio excerpt >>> here



Vol III ★


IO SO I NOMI



... del crollo - da cui soltanto essa,

l'immensa conchiglia, sia rimasta

a spalancarsi contro il cielo.



Pier Paolo Pasolini

Les cendres de Gramsci p.81

© Nrf Gallimard



For more info about the full cycle score, or each volume independently,

please write to : christopheguiraud.lagrive@gmail.com


Any project is welcome, and we can discuss about it.

The full cycle score (or the independent scores of each volume) is free,

only if an interpretation and/or a creation is envisaged.



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