Summary
I composed in the past, this three-parts canon for young women who represent the angel Gabriel, in a trinitarian polyphony. I rewrote the text much later in order to evoke the moment when Mary receives the Announcement, like a stretch of time. She responds to it very briefly and in a confident voice, calling to mind the Gregorian Credo III. This is followed by a poem of Paul Eluard’s, in which he seemed to me to speak of Mary with great delicacy.
Recordings, audio excerpts: CD ‘Lucis memoria’, November 2011, Label Inconnu LI 11-1001, distribution codæx.
Soloists of Mikrokosmos conducted Loïc Pierre.
Difficulty rating: moderate to difficult
Thierry Machuel, according to the Christian tradition
Paul Eluard
French, Latin
3 sopranos, 1 mezzo, mixed choir
8 mins approx.
Three-parts cycle : « Annonciation », « Réponse », « Celle qui s’est donnée »