Paul Desenne's duo for Violín and Marimba
("1/2 movement" is with tape accompaniment)
Commissioned by Marimolin violin and marimba duet with support by Meet the Composer
US premiere at the Dallas International Percussion Festival in 1998 with Gordon Stout, marimba
Paris premiere at the Conservatoire de Paris in 2003.
Live performance at Le Bal Blomet 09/23
Virginie Robilliard -Violín, Aurélien Gignoux - Marimba

Four and a half - Violin & Marimba - Paul Desenne

Summer in Minnesota.  The sun is setting, the broad sky is clear, and the cool light of dusk promises a welcome respite from the day’s heat and humidity.  You step out into the stillness and stand, gazing at the orange-red horizon, thankful for the dimming light and approaching night.  And then they come.  Those insidious little creatures, those vile insects that define and destroy the season: the mosquitoes.  Only some at first, few enough to make you think that if you swat them away, you can still enjoy the evening air.  But then more come, and more, and even more.  They whine, you moan, they sting, you slap, they swarm, you flail.  Soon, your body a mass of swelling welts, you realize that the twilight peace you had hoped for when you left your house is a sham, an impossible illusion shattered by the piercing terror of those infernal exsanguinators.  Angry and itching, you run back inside and slam the door shut.

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