L’Imitation du sommeil

Commissioned for the French guitarist Jérémy Jouve by the Paris-based Listen Ensemble, "L’Imitation du sommeil" was premiered at the Conservatoire de Musique et de Danse in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France on 12 May 2015. It received its second performance in France at Les Passerelles theater in Pontault-Combault on 13 December 2015. The work is an experimental guitar concerto written for classical guitar soloist, countertenor, chamber orchestra, and 4-channel generative electronics. There is no score; all musicians perform from laptops controlled by a central computer over a private Ethernet network.

Duke Scholars