Trio SR9

The SR9 Trio returns to the origins of sound and rhythm. Percussion is one of the oldest and most fundamental forms of sound production in music. It is present in almost every civilisation in the world and dates back thousands of years. The birth of percussion can be traced back to the first primitive percussion instruments, which were made from natural materials such as shells, bones, stones and wood.

In this programme, they use a rich instrumentarium of sounds - wood, glass, metal, skins... - to revisit a selection of works from the art music repertoire. Throughout this concert, sound serves as a common thread. We hear instruments as common as the marimba and vibraphone, but also raw materials, like a return to the most ancestral vibrations, right down to the bone.

This programme spans the ages: Baroque music with Jean-Philippe Rameau, where the contrapuntal elements are fully brought to life by this percussive orchestra, French music with Claude Debussy and Lili Boulanger, where the glasses bring a new interpretation and a certain poetry through their resonance, American composer John Adams, where the rhythmic work here takes on a very special meaning with the play of echoes between marimbas and vibraphone, and finally a work full of melancholy by Polish composer and pianist Hania Rani, which the trio reveals here with great gentleness and delicacy.

Family Concert and School age, from 6 years versions available

Adapted programme including: revisited works with body percussion, a presentation of the instruments and a participatory moment with the audience.

Duration: between 45min and 1h (adaptable format)

Claude DEBUSSY
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU
Gavotte and six doubles (Suite in A)

Hania RANI (1990)
Now, Run
Buka
Today It came

Lili BOULANGER
Theme and variations

John ADAMS (1947)
Hallelujah Junction