Tellurythme – Laurent Jacquier

The piece is articulated around two contrasting parts, first of all by the instrumentation – the first putting forward the keyboards (marimbas) and the second the skins – but also by their own characters.

After a brief introduction, from which the pulsation gradually emerges, the theme settles on the marimba, on an irregular pulsation, evoking a slightly “broken down” music box.

La deuxième partie, beaucoup plus « terrienne », d’où le titre de « Tellurythme » est basée sur un ostinato ternaire donné d’abord au tom Bass, autour duquel s’organisent les interventions des autres percussionnistes, qui, mêlant le binaire et le ternaire, les peaux et la voix, amènent une certaine ambiguïté rythmique.

After a reminder of the theme of the first part (on the marimba), the ostinato returns for a great final crescendo, a great gong strike concluding the piece.