En tournée
CONFLUENCE
A cappella
a cappella Sequenza 9.3 Confluence don de chants Seine-Saint-Denis Cantate2024
CONFLUENCE
- 9 mixed voices a cappella
- Traditional songs from around the world collected in Seine-Saint-Denis
- Arrangements by Alexandros Markeas, Coralie Fayolle, Manuel Peskine, Thibault Perrine, François Saint-Yves
- Running time: 1h05
CORSICA, Nanna di Palleca - François Saint-Yves (1971 -)
Corsican lullaby published in Venice in 1841
CHILE, Gracias a la vida - Manuel Peskine
Song written in the 20th century by the committed Chilean artist Violeta Parrà
CHINA, Molihua - Manuel Peskine
Chinese folk song written during the Qing dynasty
ISRAEL, Yeroushalayim shel zahav - Coralie Fayolle
Song based on an old Basque lullaby
PALESTINE, Nami ya Hanin Nami - Coralie Fayolle
Palestinian lullaby in the Bedouin tradition
GREECE, Les Cueilleuses de lentisques - Alexandros Markeas
Traditional song from the island of Chio
BANGLADESH, Kolonkini Radha - Alexandros Markeas
Folk melody from Eastern India
VIETNAM, Cầu tre - Laurent Durupt
Traditional rhyme very popular in southern Vietnam
ALGERIA, Alaiki minni salam
Algerian song celebrating the land of the ancestors
MAGHREB - SPAIN, Harramtou bik nou'âssi - Thibault Perrine
Love song from the Arab-Andalusian melting pot
TURKEY, Ilgaz - Coralie Fayolle
Old folk rhyme with unknown roots
Vox Humana! - Fabien Touchard, based on three traditional songs:
TUNISIA, Allah, Allah Ya baba
A popular Sufi tune
BRITANNY, Silverstrig
Traditional Breton song recounting the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century
CATALONIA, El cant dels ocells
Traditional Catalan Christmas song
GALICE, A Rianxeira - Alexandros Markeas
Popular song and hymn from Galicia, celebrating the women who work the sea
GREECE, Darla - Alexandros Markeas
Ancient Greek folk song of sailors
SPAIN, Nana - François Saint-Yves
Andalusian lullaby with a suspenseful litany
Seine-Saint-Denis, where my ensemble has been based for 30 years, is a land teeming with aesthetics, a veritable archipelago of musical styles, at the confluence of multiple cultures.
In my own way, I wanted to play my part in promoting this infinitely rich intangible heritage.
Going out to meet local people, we carried out a meticulous collection of songs in the area, gathering melodies from all over the world over a 3-year period. Some of them, most of them from the oral tradition, have won me over with the essential emotion they seem to carry within them.
With Confluence, a programme for 9 mixed voices a cappella, I would like to invite you on an imaginary journey through a dozen languages, deploying a shimmering palette of rhythmic motifs, scales and vocal colours.
CATHERINE SIMONPIETRI
