Robert Normandeau: Le petit prince d’Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: track detail

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Le petit prince (1994) 47m47s mvcd_1091-1.1 | 20698 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

An adaptation for radio of the book The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (produced by Odile Magnan for Radio-Canada in 1994).

1. I (1994) 3m13s mvcd_1091-1.1.1 | 21043 |

MP3 Real

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

2. II (1994) 2m57s mvcd_1091-1.1.2 | 21044 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

3. III (1994) 1m33s mvcd_1091-1.1.3 | 21045 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

4. IV (1994) 5m03s mvcd_1091-1.1.4 | 21046 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

5. V (1994) 3m28s mvcd_1091-1.1.5 | 21047 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

6. VI (1994) 1m30s mvcd_1091-1.1.6 | 21048 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

7. VII (1994) 3m12s mvcd_1091-1.1.7 | 21049 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

8. VIII (1994) 4m15s mvcd_1091-1.1.8 | 21050 |

MP3 Real

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

9. IX (1994) 2m23s mvcd_1091-1.1.9 | 21051 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

10. X (1994) 5m36s mvcd_1091-1.1.10 | 21052 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

11. XI (1994) 1m39s mvcd_1091-1.1.11 | 21053 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

12. XII (1994) 59s mvcd_1091-1.1.12 | 21054 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

13. XIII (1994) 3m46s mvcd_1091-1.1.13 | 21055 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

14. XIV (1994) 3m36s mvcd_1091-1.1.14 | 21056 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

15. XIII (1994) 3m46s mvcd_1091-1.1.15 | 21055 |

MP3 Real

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Le petit prince [suite] (1994) 38m21s mvcd_1091-2.1 | 20698 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

An adaptation for radio of the book The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (produced by Odile Magnan for Radio-Canada in 1994).

1. XVI (1994) 1m40s mvcd_1091-2.1.1 | 21058 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

2. XVII (1994) 3m06s mvcd_1091-2.1.2 | 21059 |

MP3 Real

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

3. XVIII (1994) 28s mvcd_1091-2.1.3 | 21060 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

4. XIX (1994) 51s mvcd_1091-2.1.4 | 21061 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

5. XX (1994) 1m29s mvcd_1091-2.1.5 | 21062 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

6. XXI (1994) 7m09s mvcd_1091-2.1.6 | 21063 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

7. XXII (1994) 1m00s mvcd_1091-2.1.7 | 21064 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

8. XXIII (1994) 40s mvcd_1091-2.1.8 | 21065 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

9. XXIV (1994) 4m08s mvcd_1091-2.1.9 | 21066 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

10. XXV (1994) 4m37s mvcd_1091-2.1.10 | 21067 |

MP3 Real

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

11. XXVI (1994) 9m55s mvcd_1091-2.1.11 | 21068 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

12. XXVII (1994) 3m14s mvcd_1091-2.1.12 | 21069 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Le renard et la rose (1995) 14m50s mvcd_1091-2.13 | 14461 |

Babillage et rythme [Babbling and Rhythm]; Nostalgie et timbre [Nostalgia and Tone]; Colère et dynamique [Anger and Dynamics]; Lassitude et espace [Weariness and Space]; Sérénité et texture [Serenity and Texture]

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Commission: The Banff Centre for the Arts, with support from the CCA

Premiere: September 6, 1995, The Banff Centre for the Arts (Banff, Alberta, Canada)

To Odile Magnan

Le renard et la rose (The Fox and the Rose) is a concert suite composed from two sound sources: the music commissioned for an adaptation for radio of the book The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (produced by Odile Magnan for Radio-Canada in 1994) and whose principal themes are found in it, and the voices of the actors who collaborated in the recording of the radio adaptation.

It is the third work in a cycle begun in 1991 (Éclats de voix and Spleen [recorded on the album Tangram, empreintes DIGITALes, IMED 9419/20, and IMED 9920] were the first two) and is based exclusively on the use of the voice; more specifically on onomatopoeia, which is the only form in human language that corresponds directly to the designated objects, gestures or feelings as sounds, rather than as the abstract representations that are words.

In each of the work’s five parts a state or feeling experienced in adulthood is associated with a sonic framework: Babillage et rythme (Babbling and Rhythm), Nostalgie et timbre (Nostalgia and Tone), Colère et dynamique (Anger and Dynamics), Lassitude et espace (Weariness and Space), Sérénité et texture (Serenity and Texture). In them the musical themes associated with the different characters in the book are arranged chronologically: the King, the Businessman, the Conceited Man, the Flock of Wild Birds, the Well in the Desert, the Rose, the Baobabs, the Lamplighter, the Little Flower, the Merchant Who Sold Thirst-Quenching Pills, the Fox and the Geographer.

The voices of the different characters are those of Pierre Bourgault, Françoise Davoine, Cynthia Dubois, Michel Dumont, Gilles Dupuis, Luc Durand, Monique Giroux, Jacques Languirand, Jean Marchand, Jean-Louis Millette, Guy Nadon, Martin Pensa, Gérard Poirier, Claude Préfontaine and Christine Séguin.

Le renard et la rose was composed in the author’s studio with the aid of a grant from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. The work was a commission from The Banff Centre for the Arts for the 1995 International Computer Music Conference that was made possible by the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Le renard et la rose had its premiere on September 6th, 1995 at the Banff Centre for the Arts. It won the Golden Nica at the 1996 Ars Electronica competition (Linz, Austria). It has been recorded a number of times: Prix Ars Electronica 1996 (ORF PAE 96), Le petit prince d’Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, CBC Records (MVCD 1091-2) and Sonic Circuits V (Innova 114).

13a. Babillage et rythme (1995) mvcd_1091-2.13.13a | 23817 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

13b. Nostalgie et timbre (1995) mvcd_1091-2.13.13b | 23818 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

13c. Colère et dynamique (1995) mvcd_1091-2.13.13c | 23819 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

13d. Lassitude et espace (1995) mvcd_1091-2.13.13d | 23820 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

13e. Sérénité et texture (1995) mvcd_1091-2.13.13e | 23821 |

Composer: Robert Normandeau

Robert Normandeau: Le petit prince d’Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: track detail

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