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| | |  Ardenne (Raymond Micha/ Frederic Kiesel)
La trace (Raymond Micha/ Frederic Kiesel)
Foins (Raymond Micha/ Frederic Kiesel)
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Patrice Bernard was born in 1952. He is a seconded teacher at the Conservatoire de Paris. He wrote many songs including some for TV shows. The structure of the sheet music is beautiful, but it is intended for experienced choirs as there is a lot theoretical, musical, vocal and interpretative work to do. This sheet music is based on Molière’s comedies, which is quite unusual. It wan the second prize for the composition competition in Florilège Vocal de Tours in 1991. Three children’s songs wan first prizes for competitions “Musique pour les Jeunes en Hainaut” in 1998.
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Benoît Menut wrote those words for “These works were a request of Valérie Fayet and were written in June, 2006 for the Choeur National des Jeunes ACJ. I chose three little known fables which deal with vanity, stupidity and human violence. Jean de La Fontaine’s writing is always strong, fine and funny. As each fable is based on a precise thing, I chose subtitles to explain them. That’s why I precised “Parole de Socrate” was dealing with monodic research and intertextuality, I precised “L’Oiseau blessé d’une fleche” was dealing with fundamentals and colors, and I precised that “Le Singe” was dealing with rhythmic and modal analysis. Those pieces can be performed separately, but they are gathered in a particular rhythmic order, which is: moderate, slow, and quick. This is similar to the way choir cycles worked at the beginning of the 20th century (Ravel, Debussy, and others). I think that if the fables are recited before being musically performed by an actor or a chorister, it enables the public to see the entire work from a more ‘poetic’ angle.”
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