Vestiges du temps

Vestiges du temps

Vestiges du temps

flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and electronics

flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and electronics

Year

2026

Duration

25 min

Category

Ensemble

Features

Electronics

Augmented

Spatialised

A cosmic prelude for ensemble, electronics and immersive light, extending cross-projection around a microtonal piano in dialogue with Grisey’s Vortex Temporum.

A cosmic prelude for ensemble, electronics and immersive light, extending cross-projection around a microtonal piano in dialogue with Grisey’s Vortex Temporum.

A cosmic prelude for ensemble, electronics and immersive light, extending cross-projection around a microtonal piano in dialogue with Grisey’s Vortex Temporum.

Programme Note

Vestiges du temps extends the Organic Augmented Instruments research to ensemble scale. Cross-projection links flute, clarinet, violin, cello and a microtonally tuned piano, which acts as a central resonating and projecting body within an organically integrated electronic system.

Conceived in dialogue with Gérard Grisey’s Vortex Temporum, the work imagines a “fourth time”: a cosmic duration running from primordial breath and explosion toward galactic expansion. Immersive light by Hugues Girard transforms the perception of space, matter and temporal scale.