Basso Continuum takes on an intimate form for the eight dancers, drawing on different musical inspirations ranging from baroque to jazz, funk, disco, romantic and contemporary music. The piece, choreographed by Gil Roman, seeks its own echoes in the charming chiaroscuro style and explores the dreamlike dimension of shadows, like a poetry of contrast where the double bass – the quintessential baroque “basso continuo” instrument – symbolizes continuity through the musical styles of which it is the common denominator.
Juliette De Banes Gardonne (Opéra de Lausanne)
MUSICAL REFERENCES
Richard Dubugnon
Live on stage – original compositions. Performer: Richard Dubugnon (double bass)
Titles :
- Pulses
- Arco Expressif (post pulse)
- Loumbago (funk) – Drum soundtrack: Christian Lété (interpreter)
- Hämärä (Twilight) from The Three Pieces op. 6
- Valse Caduque
- Flamenco à 5 – Drum soundtrack: Christian Lété (interpreter)
- Lied (part 1), from Sonate op. 44
- Disco Irae – rum soundtrack: Christian Lété (interpreter)
- Houm-mousse (rhythmic)
- Dithyrambe (extract), from The Three Pieces op. 6
- Lied (part 2), from Sonate op. 44
Johann Sebastian Bach
Live on stage. Performer: Richard Dubugnon (double bass)
Titre : Baroque Walk – extract from Prélude XXIV from 1er Livre du Clavier bien tempéré BWV 869 arranged by Richard Dubugnon
Giovanni Bottesini
Live on stage. Performer: Richard Dubugnon (double bass)
Variations on Nel cor più non mi sento, theme by Giovanni Paisiello, arranged by Richard Dubugnon
Pierre Henry
Album: Les Années Cinquante ; Title : Voile d’Orphée ; Performer: Pierre Henry ; Record: Philips Music
Citypercussion
Private recording. Performers: Thierry Hochstätter and jB Meier
Titles:
- Lundi
- Mardi
J. M. Rivière and G. Bourgeois
Album: Best of B. B.; Title: Le Soleil ; Performer: Brigitte Bardot ; Record: Philips