To Francis Dhomont, in memoriam

… Vox Dei? This short work mixes human choral voices brought together and unified by rituals: from children’s games and shouts to the shouts of demonstrators protesting in the public space, from the cries of babies to the litanies of communal prayers. Close to the spirit of the Hörspiel, this piece puts forth the necessity of sound recording as a basis and consequently plays with degrees of image recognition (iconic or their imprints) to communicate with the listener’s imagination. Its form is a succession of short tableaux, all linked to the other works in the Vox Alia cycle.

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Vox Alia IV — Vox populi was realized in 2023 at the Métamorphoses d’Orphée studio of Musiques & Recherches in Ohain (Belgium) and was premiered on November 29, 2023 during the inaugural concert of the Fondation Annette Vande Gorne at Espace Senghor in Brussels (Belgium). The work was realized with support from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (Service de la musique classique et contemporaine du Service de la Création artistique).

Premiere

• November 29, 2023, Fondation Annette Vande Gorne — Concert inaugural, Le Senghor, Brussels (Belgium)