Way back in 2019 I commissioned Pascale Criton to write a new piece for voice and electronics, duration 15-20 mins. We began work but a long hiatus intervened; the piece will now be premiered in 2024. It will have a delicate 'choreographic' element, through the use of a Genki Wave Ring, which uses hand gestures to trigger and manipulate the electronics. As Pascale explains:

Dans cette pièce, Juliet se sert d’une bague connectée pour transformer sa propre voix et interagir avec d’autres sons. Elle module ainsi des souvenirs, des événements passés, présents, des vécus quasi simultanés. Ce sont parfois d’infimes différences — de timbre, d’inflexion, d’intonation — qui révèlent la proximité de temps disparates. Ces fragilités de l’instant, tissées de relations inattendues, bruissent et résistent en dépit de coupures (chûtes) chroniques. 

THE TEAM

Pascale Criton, composer
Juliet Fraser, soprano
Alexis Baskind, RIM/sound engineer

PERFORMANCES

26 May 2024: VOX festival, De Bijloke, Gent (wp)

23 November 2024: Rainy Days, Luxembourg

April 2025: Archipel, Geneva

PARTNERS

Co-commissioned with the generous support of De Bijloke, Rainy Days and Archipel. 

OTHER WORKS

Pascale has written two other pieces for me:

— Alter (2022) for soprano and orchestra

Premiered at Tectonics Glasgow in 2022 with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, c. Ilan Volkov

Will be performed in a revised version at Donaueschingen in October 2024

— Ritornelle pour J & F (2021) for soprano and double bass

Premiered at Sound Scotland Festival, with Florentin Ginot