Ombre et lumière – Lumină și Umbră – for mezzo, choir & piano
durée: 7’40 environ
textes:Fernand Gregh, Horia Badescu, Citation: Eu mă duc codrul rămâne (Timotei Popovici)
In memoriam George Enescu
commande du George Enescu Museum Bucarest
dédié à Alina Pavalache
The work « Ombre et Lumière » for solo mezzo-soprano, mixed choir and piano, composed by Jean-Christophe Rosaz brought me great satisfaction. I had the opportunity to sing it in Paris but also in Romania, in Bucharest and Iași. I experienced strong emotions on stage performing this wonderful piece. The title but also the whole text of the work are closely related to the music, both alternating between a mysterious, gloomy world and a melancholy one, sad but sprinkled with hope. I was very happy to find in the piece elements with Romanian national specifics but also impressionist elements, which in some places made me think of George Enescu’s compositions. I felt privileged and lucky to be able to sing this fantastic, complex work, composed by Jean Christophe Rosaz, in the first absolute audition. » Antonia Cosmina Stancu
Description
L’ombre est bleue et la nuit palpite d’ors tremblants
Dans l’azur, on croit voir flotter des voiles blancs
Qui frémissent au souffle onduleux du mystère.
Les longs voiles traînants des anges de la terre
Qui montent vers les cieux, sans fin, sans bruit, en une
Ascension dont l’essor tremble au clair de lune.
Fernand Gregh (L’ envol des anges)
Eu mă duc, codrul rămâne,
Plânge frunza după mine,
Tra, la, la, la, la…
Tels les yeux d’un jour sans passé
et la lumière d’une larme,
tel le sourire de la neige
ou le matin d’un cerisier
ainsi soient-elles vos âmes
Horia Badescu
După min’ nu plângă nime,
Că n-am făcut nici un bine,
Tra, la, la, la, la…
Iar deoi fi făcut vreun rău,
Mi loi trage singur eu,
Tra, la, la, la, la…
Loin, très loin…
mais encore dans tes yeux
la lumière de là-bas
encore dans tes yeux
Horia Badescu
in Un jour entier
Alors me penchant sur elle
je vis les étoiles dans ses prunelles
et j’entendis l’eau remplir
les profondeurs.
Enveloppons-nous
dans la divine lumière
de la vie !
Horia Badescu
in Apocryphes du roi Salomon
