Le Livre de L'Harmonie du Monde - Noten für Orchester Thérèse Brenet

For this work, the composer has chosen to write three movements of an equal strength and an equal dramatic force.

She leaves aside the idea of a calm slow movement which one usually finds at the center of a long work. With these three outbursts, she understands that she hasn't chosen the easiest route and that she is transgressing the traditional rules of classical form.

She knows that she is risking that her work will bore or tire her listeners. Motivated by her inspiration, she has decided to break with the usual equilibrium, which she knows is a challenge and which she holds herself responsible, reminded of the phrase by Jean Cocteau:

"It is clear that certain works haunt you, troubling your moral comfort and teach you that the best method is that of men who work outside of learned rules."
The title is inspired by the writing of Hildegarde van Bingen, who was one of the most extraordinary figures of the 12th century.
A mystic who was also a doctor, a poet, a linguist and astronomer, her influence spread over all Europe.

Besetzung

1 Piccolo
2 Flutes
2 Hautbois
2 Clarinettes en Sib
1 Clarinette basse en Sib
2 Bassons
1 Contrebasson
4 Cors
3 Trompettes en Ut
3 Trombones
1 Tuba

Percussion 1
2 Gongs (medium, grave)
1 Cymbale suspendue medium
1 Grosse caisse
1 Tambour
1 Caisse claire

Percussion 2
3 Tamtam (aigu, medium, grave)
3 Cymbales suspendues (aigue, medium, grave)
1 Caisse claire

Percussion 3
1 Jeu de cloches
1 Xylophone

Timbales
Percussion 1
2 Gongs (medium, grave)
1 Cymbale suspendue medium
1 Grosse caisse
1 Tambour
1 Caisse claire
Percussion 2
3 Tamtam (aigu, medium, grave)
3 Cymbales suspendues (aigue, medium, grave)
1 Caisse claire

1 Harpe
Quintette a cordes
(la moitie des contrebasses a 5 cordes)