Sunday 24 January, 17:00

World Premiere: L’intime… comme l’Eau du Temps

Composed by Nicolas Bolens and conducted by Franck Marcon, this new work brings together Ensemble Polhymnia and the HEM Orchestra to set texts by Philippe Jaccottet. Seeking the writer’s truest voice, Bolens chooses to represent the poems rather than illustrate them, letting words, voices and instrumental color converse with delicate restraint. A female choir and orchestral textures weave intimate, luminous soundscapes that balance meditation and clarity, inviting a close listening to poetry’s fragile presence.

In French.

Rue du Général-DUFOUR 14,
1204 Genève
Photo Credit: Magali Dougados
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Photo Credit: Magali Dougados

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