Waves of light

Original creation by jazz pianist Paul Lay, born of his encounter with Joël Suhubiette

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Distribution

Paul Lay Trio

Paul Lay, piano

Clemens Van Der Feen, double-bass

Donald Kontomanou, drums

Les éléments chamber choir

17 chanteur.euse(s)

Joël Suhubiette, conducting

Programme

This new programme is the result of a meeting between Paul Lay and Joël Suhubiette and their desire to bring their two worlds together: that of the chamber choir Les éléments, which since 1997, under the leadership of Joël Suhubiette, has explored five centuries of a cappella music, performing oratorio and opera, and that of Paul Lay, steeped as he is in Western musical culture as much as in the Afro-American tradition, from jazz and blues to swing and gospel.

Here, Paul Lay has composed pieces for chamber choir and jazz trio, improvising on masterpieces of the choral art while illuminating them in a new light in the company of the other two members of his trio, Donald Kontomanou on drums and Clemens Van Der Feen on double bass.

Paul Lay sets poems by Emilie Dickinson, Victor Hugo, Henry Thoreau and Pablo Neruda to music, and revisits selected works from the Elements repertoire - from Purcell and Bach to Ligeti.

Waves of Light (2024)

Paul LAY – Printemps, on the poem by Victor HUGO

Paul LAY - Our Share of Night on the poem « Our Share of night to bear » by Emily DICKINSON

Henry PURCELL / Paul LAY - Hear My Prayer, O Lord

Paul LAY - Ombres et lumière

Paul LAY - Waves of Light

Oscar Peterson - Allegro - excerpt from Bach suite, trio version

Paul LAY - Psaume

Paul LAY - Flashing Suite

György LIGETI – Éjszaka, on the Hungarian poem by Sándor WEÖRES

Paul LAY - Douce Incandescence - in memory of Matyas Szandaï

Jean-Sébastien BACH / Paul LAY – Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen - Cantate BWV 12

Paul LAY - She Is The Mistress of The Night on the poem « The Moon » by Henry David THOREAU

Prochaines dates

17 mai 2024 / 20H30 : Espace Jéliote (Oloron-Sainte-Marie)

29 juin 2024 / 19H00 : Cité de Sorèze

30 juin 2024 / 18H30 : Le Chai, Espace culturel de Carcassonne Agglo