From SFCMP program note writer Beth E. Levy, on the work of Jérôme Combier:
The composer writes, “Vies Silencieuses is closely linked to the Villa Medicis in Rome for which I conceived this project in 2003 and where I gave it its definitive form between 2004 and 2006. These ‘lives’ were inspired above all by the pictorial universes of several very different artists. Yet I believe I recognized in each of them something which spoke to me directly and echoed my preoccupations as a composer–what I might term patience, ‘the making use of the world,’ appearance and effacement.”
Two artists in particular captured Combier’s imagination while he was in Italy: Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964), a renowned twentieth-century still-life and landscape painter, and Giuseppe Penone (b. 1947) best known for his nature-inspired sculptures and mixed-media work.
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SFCMP will perform two works from Vies Silencieuses on November 8 at Herbst Theatre.
Beth E. Levy will present a pre-concert talk at 7 pm.
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Art and Music
