Symphonic Orchestra [3(III=fl.b.).3(III=c.a.).3(III=cl.b.).2.-4.3.3.euph.-timp.perc.(3)-Hp.-Strings] ~ 5 min.
Topographie Imaginaire d’un Artichaut is conceived as a musical exploration of a mathematically complex object of imagination: a sinister artichoke-shaped fractal. An impoverished, degraded version of a genuine fractal serves as a pretext for a musical journey through unusual harmonies, textures and patterns. Ever-changing yet always similar to itself, at once petal and thorn, it inspires a music that is opaque, bristling and, at times, ironic.
This work was premiered on May 6th, 2022 at the “Cité de la Musique et de la Danse” in Strasbourg (France) by Étienne Ferrer conducting the Orchestre Symphonique de la HEAR.
Performed by the Orchestre Symphonique de la HEAR, dir. Étienne Ferrer, May 2022.