MUSIC

Ensemble ictus 

Anne-Claire Baconnais, soprano

Eva Reiter, viola da gamba

Tom Pauwels, electric guitar

« Plan à vol de corbeau, poème n°1 »

is a piece by Jinwook Jung, laureate of the Festival Voix Nouvelles 2022 of the Royaumont Fondation.

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"Breath" is free, sometimes sharp, light, but fleeting. The arrow of the breath opens the beginning of my music, attracts attention, transports memories and resistance. My piece is inspired by a Korean poetry called « Plan à vol de corbeau » written by Korean poet, Yi Sang (1910 – 1937). He is one of the most important avant-garde writers of modern Korean literature. Yi's architectural background influenced his work, which included the languages of lines, dots, number systems, equations and diagrams. In his poems he experimented with language, interiority, separation from inside one's self as well as the outer world which was reflected by the extremely oppressive ambiances from the Japanese colonial period of his era. In my piece I wanted to express and explore the oppressed and choking atmosphere of his hidden words and abstruse metaphors through controlling and modifying the air sounds and the materials coming from the breaths.