- Jean-Michel Blais
ulysse (2026)
- Première Music Group (World)
- SATB; pf/str
- SATB
- 3 min 15 s
- 3rd October 2026, Théâtre du Marais, Val-morin, Canada
- 23rd October 2026, Felt Room, Berlin, Germany
Programme Note
what strange place is this where time dissolves, suspended between sky and earth, between the real and the surreal, with no other bearing than the trace of sunlight slipping through a tiny window, slowly tracing its path along a cold white-brick wall. there is a crack, a crack in everything. that’s how the light gets in (Cohen). one knocks, one shouts, yet no one comes, save for this dense silence. until, by chance, by wandering, a door opens from within. a fissure is enough. the desire for an elsewhere still unknown, a will, a direction finally accepted. guilt fades, the troubled mind regains its order. light returns. the sensation of stepping out of a wardrobe, a renewed coming out, and freedom appears, not as promise, but as chosen risk, as adventure willingly embraced.
Jean-Michel Blais
quel est cet étrange lieu où le temps se dissout, entre ciel et terre, entre réel et imaginaire, sans autre repère que la trace du soleil qui, s’infiltrant par un soupirail, dessine paresseusement son chemin le long du mur froid en briques blanches. there’s a crack, a crack in everything. that’s how the light gets in (Cohen). on frappe, on hurle, mais personne ne vient, sinon que ce silence épais. jusqu’à ce que, par erreur, par errance, une porte s’ouvre, de l’intérieur. une fêlure suffit, un désir d’ailleurs encore inconnu, une volonté, une direction enfin consentie. la culpabilité se dissipe, l’esprit troublé se réorganise. la lumière revient. sensation de sortie de garde-robe, coming out renouvelé, et la liberté surgit, non comme promesse, mais comme risque voulu, comme aventure acceptée.
Jean-Michel Blais



Located in Europe
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