- Tristan Murail
C'est un jardin secret, ma sœur, ma fiancée, une fontaine close, une source scellée... (1976)
- Editions Transatlantiques (World)
Programme Note
C'est un jardin secret..., for viola, written as a wedding present for two of the composer's friends, is an exquisite miniature encapsulating many characteristics of Murail's music on an intimate scale. A short sequence of processes, featuring sliding tempi and subtle fluctuations of finger and bowing pressure, is neatly concluded by a mysterious ascending figure. The title is a quotation from the Song of Songs.
Julian Anderson
Julian Anderson