Simon Bertrand
La Chasse Galerie
for four soloist, narrator, and orchestra
À propos de l'œuvre
La Chasse Galerie is a concerto for saxophone quartet and orchestra with narrator inspired by the folktale from Quebec of the same name (The tale of the flying canoe).
SPÉCIFICATIONS
Durée :
18'
Mouvements :
Instrumentation :
double winds /4231/strings/harp/celesta/timpani+ 2
-Version A : With saxophone quartet)
-Version B : With four winds (Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon)
Spécifications techniques :
CONTEXTE
Date de composition:
2013
Commissaire:
Société de musique contemporaine du Québec
Représentations:
Premiere: 2013, Orchestre symphonique de Longueuil
2017, Gustav Mahler Orchestra of Hong Kong and the Danish Saxophone Quartet at the Festival international Busan Maru
2017, Orchestre national d’Ile-de-France for their French tour
2017, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal with the Qasar Saxophone Quartet and Patrice Bélanger
BIOGRAPHIE
Winner of the Opus award 2013 for Composer of the Year, first-prize winner of the Prix collégien de Musique Contemporaine 2014, and Winner of the First International Busan Maru Composition Competition in South Korea 2014, Simon Bertrand has an international reputation that has led him to compose for musicians around the globe such as the Musica Nipponia Ensemble (Japan), the Danish Saxophone Quartet (Denmark), the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (Canada), the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra (China), the Gwandju Symphony Orchestra (Korea), the SMCQ, and the Orchestre National d'île-de-France (France).