Apologie des Fragrancesfirst symphony ( philharmonic orchestra ) 1993-1999 This piece was written in two phases. Originally, it is the perfumer Cacharel's film Loulou on update versions which I work in Villa d'Alesia communication agency which leads me in the desire to compose a piece to the Apologie des Fragrances who would have Malher's musical influences. During this period, the reading of the Patrick Süskind‘s novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer marks me profoundly and supplies me the argument of the work. The first ideas are thrown on the paper at the beginning of 1990's. Because of a too big dispersal in the outside orders, I set of the delay and the work has only been finished orchestrating in August, 1999. To date, it was not still created by an orchestra in spite of some short-lived propositions. It is ideal for the second part of concert. After a thematic exposure representative of the post-romantic style in the first movement, the musical spectre becomes emancipated in the second movement before reaching the highlight in the allegro presto final, with a brilliancy and an exceptional volume, prepared by a deep and luxurious largo. This work is dedicated to my parents and to all my ancesters which made some music their second tongue (sometimes the first one because I really began indeed to express myslef towards the age of 25 years old). Favour of them, I came into the world with predispositions. Favour of their artistic requirement, sometimes painful to support, I always tied myself to give the best in the daily practice of my art. Apologie des Fragrances will soon be more alone because a recent event with biblical recollections has propel me in the writing of the first sketches of a second symphony (answer around 2011, to write a symphony is so long!).
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