Notre besoin de consolation est impossible à rassasier op. 054 [1989] 67’22
Our Need for Consolation is Insatiable
Commissioned by the Ministry of Culture and Communication
Based on an idea by Thomas Brando
Realized on tape recorders at the composer’s studio in Crest
Sound recording: Denis Dufour
Voice recordings: Silver Berg and Denis Dufour
Sounds from the carburetors of a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow: Alain Gonnard
Voice: Thomas Brando
Text: Stig Dagerman
Translation from Swedish: Philippe Bouquet (Actes Sud)
Premiered by Denis Dufour on the GRM acousmonium at the Auditorium 104, Maison de Rad
...io France, Paris, on January 16th, 1989 for the Ina-GRM’s 1988-1989 Cycle Acousmatique
When Thomas Brando introduced me to Stig Dagerman’s text in 1987, sharing his ideas for it, I thought it looked too difficult and too far removed from what I usually do. I was confronted with a long text, a direct style with explicit meanings that bared little resemblance to my customaryShow more