Creation: 23 March 1975 – Festival de Royan
Dedicated to: Percussions de Strasbourg
Commissioner: Ministère de la Culture / Festival de Royan
Musicians: 6 percussionists
Duration: 18′
Publisher: Durand – Universal
This work, which begins with the primitive acts of Percussion and Scream, continues in the second part with the negation of this same act. Here, the act of percussion is very limited. Could we not perceive the serenity of the Soul in the continuous vibration of the instruments? From afar, one can barely hear the drums of the popular festival, as if the men were joining in by striking the instruments themselves and thus realising the song of the breath of life.