Objets perdus

John Rea

Objets perdus has been performed in Berlin, Montréal, Ottawa and Outremont…

To the Arditti Quartet

Recognizing a common object consists above all in knowing how to make use of it. — Bergson

Each object is the mirror of all the others. — Merleau-Ponty

It is in entering the object that one enters into one’s very own skin. — Matisse

I look at what I am losing
And do not see what remains. — Molière

Music, not being made of objects nor referring to objects, is intangible and ineffable; it can only be… inhaled by the spirit: the rest is silence. — Jacques Barzun

Objets perdus (lost objects), dispersed among twelve progressively expanding movements (the first being very short in duration), evolve over time as musical materials disappear along the way; one may certainly consider what one is losing, but one should also listen for what remains.

John Rea

This work was commissioned by the Arditti String Quartet, to whom it is dedicated, thanks to a grant from the Canada Council.


This work was commissioned by the Arditti Quartet, to whom it is dedicated, thanks to a grant from the Canada Council.

Awards

Objets perdus

  • Composer(s): John Rea
  • Year of composition: 1991
  • Duration: 18:00
  • Instrumentation: string quartet
  • Commission: Arditti Quartet, with support from the CCA

On the web

  • ISWC T0706913123
Concerts
5 Febr 2001
Série QB
CageMozartRea
In person
Montréal (Québec)
9 Febr 2001
Série QB
CageIvesMarcelRea
In person
Montréal (Québec)
1 Marc 2001
BrahmsRea
In person
Ottawa (Ontario, Canada)
15 Marc 2001
8:00 pm
Série QB
CageIvesMozartRea
In person
Montréal (Québec)
29 Apri 2001
FreyLesageOesterleRea
In person
Berlin (Germany)
12 Sept 2004
BeethovenOesterleRea
In person
Outremont (Québec)
28 Octo 2004
Série QB
BeethovenIvesRea
In person
Montréal (Québec)
28 Febr 2017
5:00 pm
GougeonLesageReaSokolovićTremblayVivierZorn
In person
Montréal (Québec)