Ys

Played by Ensemble Intercontemporain at the IRCAM Manifeste - Festival 2012 in Paris. IRCAM: http://medias.ircam.fr/xe20355_ys-a-imaginary-roadmovie-from-paris-to-dou YS Ys was a piece that reflects some moments of French Music, starting with Debussy, Messiaen, Grisey, Xenakis, Murail and also younger Composers like Raphael Cendo or Pierre Jodlowski. The motto of the piece is connected to the Debussy Prelude of the sunken Cathedral. It was following not only a spectral Approach from the harmonic Side, but also a "essayistic" Approach. The absoulute Scary thing happens after the performance of the piece: In the near of Douarnenez lies a Ship, a belgium Freighter on the ocean ground. It carried Food and Tabbak to Africa in the 1950's. The sister ship was the "Georg Büchner", that was in the Rostock Harbour for years. In the night before my first intrance examination I slept on that ship in a Youth Hostel in the Rostock Harbour. When I was in Paris the old ship was carried to Poland for scrapping. At the same time, Intercontemporain was playing my piece about sunken Cathedrals the ship sank in the baltic Sea in the harbour of Gdansk. The piece was written exactly 100 years after the prelude of Debussy and currently the sister ship sleeps in the Polish Sea. And the next funny thing: The belgium Ship was once a inspiration for the Comic Book Author Hergé for Tintin. He also slept on the same ship and draw it for "Tintin in the Congo". Ensemble Intercontemporain: http://www.ensembleinter.com/fr/fiche-concert.php?IDconcert=645 Ensemble, Paris 2012