Geminus
What if strings could reveal natural harmonics? Contrechamps and Dedalus follow Catherine Lamb’s protocol to create a work in which every interval transforms the listening experience.
Friday 16 April 2027, 19:00
Conditions
Further details to follow. Tickets will be available shortly.
This event includes accessibility accommodations
Motor impairment
Catherine Lamb © Rui Camilo
Follow Catherine Lamb’s instructions for tuning the strings! The American composer sets out a very precise musical tuning protocol, written in accordance with the principles of just intonation, a compositional practice based on the spectrum of natural harmonics.
Contrechamps has joined forces with the French ensemble Dedalus and has been working with the composer since 2025 to recreate the effect of these specific intervals in her new work.
PROGRAMME
Catherine Lamb
Geminus (a new work, co-commissioned by the Archipel Festival, Contrechamps and the Dedalus Ensemble)
for twenty musicians
experience, Ensemble Contrechamps, Catherine Lamb, contemporary music, composition
Geminus
Et si les cordes pouvaient révéler les harmoniques naturelles ? Contrechamps et Dedalus suivent le protocole de Catherine Lamb pour créer une œuvre où chaque intervalle transforme l’écoute.
Friday 16 April 2027, 19:00
Conditions
Further details to follow. Tickets will be available shortly.
This event includes accessibility accommodations
Motor impairment
Catherine Lamb © Rui Camilo
Suivez les instructions d’accordage des cordes de Catherine Lamb ! La compositrice américaine propose un protocole d’accord musical très précis, écrit selon les principes de l’intonation juste, une pratique de composition qui s’appuie sur le spectre des harmoniques naturelles.
Contrechamps joint ses forces à celles de l’ensemble français Dedalus, et travaille depuis 2025 avec la compositrice afin de restituer dans son œuvre en création l’effet de ces intervalles particuliers.
PROGRAMME
Catherine Lamb
Geminus (création, co-commande du Festival Archipel, de Contrechamps et de l’Ensemble Dedalus)
pour vingt musicien·nes
expérience, Ensemble Contrechamps, Catherine Lamb, musique contemporaine, composition
