(including one 5-string double bass)

Detail of the Percussion instruments:

I: xylorimba, 3 suspended cymbals, 2 cymbals on felt, 1 Chinese cymbal, 2
woodblocks (low, high), 2 temple blocks (low, high), tambourine, 1 high tom, 1
double bass tom
II: vibraphone, 2 bongos (medium, low), side drum, tambourine, 2 tom-toms
(high, medium) or Saharan drums, 2 m’tumbas, maracas, 1 high gong (medium)
III: small high side drums (tarole), 2 temple blocks, 1 medium suspended
cymbal, 3 tam-tams (high, medium, low)
! Publisher: Jobert, 1977 (+ cello/piano reduction by the composer, 1980).
‘Anneau du Tamarit is a sort of ballad in strophic form. Throughout the eight
uninterrupted parts that make up the musical work, there appear the characters
and visions that cross the casidas and gacelas of the poetry collection of the
Diván. Solar moments, haunted episodes of ostinato rhythms, nocturnes round the
fountain of tears where the life of the young poet was cut off, a round of myths
and personages of the premonition create a universe round the solo instrument
that absorbs or leaves it in its solitary dream, to land on the shores of the eternal
presence.’

CONCERTO POUR PIANO ET ORCHESTRE (no. 87) Playing time: 26’30”

" Forces: solo piano, orchestra 3.3.4.3, 4.3.3.1, timpani, percussion (3
performers), harp, strings 14.12.10.8.6
Percussion instruments:
I: xylomarimba, 3 suspended cymbals (high, medium, low), 5 tom-toms (B, C, E
flat, F sharp, G), maracas
II: vibraphone, 2 gongs, 2 m’tumbas, bass drum
III: celesta, 3 tam-tams (low, medium, high), 3 cymbals on felt, 1 suspended
Chinese cymbal, 1 double-bass tom, maracas
! Publisher: Jobert, 1981.
‘The piano virtually possesses a host of micro-intervals that can be brought alive
by the interplay of harmonic resonances. Even then, it is necessary to know how
to hear them. If one listens to a chord according to our western cultural
conventions, one hears only the notes that compose it, but if one goes back to this
“animal” listening preserved in certain traditions, one becomes sensitive to all the
resonances accompanying a mishmash of sounds. We have “hygienicised’ our
pianos; yet listen to what happens in certain passages in Debussy or even Chopin
where, thanks to the pedal’s action, resonance creates harmonies that completely
elude temperament.’

CONCERTO POUR VIOLONCELLE ET ORCHESTRE ‘In dark and blue’

(no. 99) Playing time: 22’
" Forces: solo cello, orchestra 2.2.3.2, 2.2.2.1, percussion (2 performers), harp,
strings 6.6.4.4.2
Percussion instruments:
I: vibraphone, 2 m’tumbas, 3 tom-toms, 3 gongs, 3 woodblocks
II: marimba, tambourine, glockenspiel, 3 suspended cymbals, 3 tam-tams, 1 small
side drum
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