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'Spiritus/Stella' echoes the XVIIth century fondness for melancholy (which is also expressed in its literature, philosophy and painting) as well as references to Marin Marais and Sainte-Colombe. Detailed and animated with many expressive figures, the writing is modelled by this abstract, a psychological and eventful pattern that alternates between excitement and dejection, eloquence and retraction, to highlight that a so-called distortion of the thought is actually the symptom of a star-shaped spirit.
[Denis Dufour]

• Commissioned by CNSMD of Lyon
• Premiered on 14 June 2007, Salle Varèse du CNSMD of Lyon by Malu Gabard & Myriam Rignol

With his morphological and expressive approach to sound, Denis Dufour works on pieces in a state of constant renewal, on ideas that are specific to each piece. The resultant work is like a large fresco in which no themes sound alike, one goes through varied and breathtaking soundscapes, appreciating the sheer imagination though the consistency of his style. By deliberately but effortlessly having his music open to all sounds, Denis Dufour’s approach is that of liberty, independence and diligence. His craftsmanship, very French, is exquisite and mastered; every second of sound is enveloped by a supra-conscious ear, so that his work contains no trace of automatic tools.

Find his complete works at Maison ONA —nearly 200 instrumental, vocal, mixed music and electroacoustic works released successively.