Epigram

This film is part of the documentary series “Image d’une oeuvre” produced by Ircam, which aims to document today the whole unfolding of the creative process of a composer confronted with the use of technology to extend the artistic and expressive stakes of their musical project.

Film directed by Véronique Caye and Philippe Langlois on the genesis of the triptych Epigram by Franck Bedrossian.

The Paris premiere of the third and final part of Epigram, a cycle for soprano and ensemble by Franck Bedrossian, is an opportunity to show, in this 24th opus of the collection Images d’une œuvre, how the musical universe of the composer Franck Bedrossian blends with that of the American poet Emily Dickinson. Certain aspects of Dickinson’s poetry, such as the loss of identity, ambiguity, or a form of violence that is not necessarily a contained violence but a violence of the mobility of expression, seem to echo his music directly, or else it is, conversely, certain themes of his music that anticipate the poetry. A musical and poetic journey that the film “images d’une œuvre Epigram” unveils.

Epigram by Franck Bedrossian
for soprano and ensemble

Image, editing Véronique Caye
Sound, mixing Ivan Gariel
Ircam audiovisual coordination Murielle Ducas
Co-production Ircam and Centre Pompidou
With the kind permission of Gérard Billaudot Editeur SA
Musical excerpts from Epigram
© Gérard Billaudot Editeur SA