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This season is generously supported by:
SMART Growth of the Chicago Community Trust
The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE)
Fromm Music Foundation
Lester and Hope Abelson Fund for the Performing Arts
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
The Aaron Copland Fund
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University
Amphion Foundation, Inc.
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, a state agency.
This double album with compositions from the last two decades offers an insight into the diverse musical soundscape of Joël-François Durand. From Mirror Land (2005) to Geister, schwebende Geister... (2020), Durand’s work shows a unique development characterised by his use of microtonality. The poetic dialogues of the Fernando Pessoa-inspired Quatuor à cordes No. 2: Cantar de Amigo (2020) and Durand’s ongoing exploration of microtonal spaces in La descente de l’ange (2022) reveal a dynamic and transformative universe of this extraordinary composer.
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