Comme Bon Lui Semble
Navona, 2023
8/10
Listen to Comme Bon Lui Semble
The inimitable composer Sophie Dupuis presents compositions in solo, duo, trio and orchestra forms here, where plenty of diversity exists across the 5 well thought out climates.
“Comme bon lui semble” opens the listen with the Brno Contemporary Orchestra creating mysterious and engaging sounds in both bare and busy moments of unpredictable song craft, and “Aftermath Of Fire” follows with Wesley Shen’s lone piano interacting with much intimacy.
In the middle, the highly creative “Taken By The Locos” showcases the quivering and cinematic qualities of Duo Holz i.e. Aysel Taghi-Zada’s violin and Michael Murphy’s percussion, while “String Quartet” unfolds with Matthias McIntire’s violin, Aysel Taghi-Zada’s violin, Laurence Schaufele’s viola and Amahl Arulanandam’s cello making for rich, rhythmic and meticulous strings across 8 chapters.
“Elles ont peint le crépuscule de noir et blanc” exits the listen, and brings back the Brno Contemporary Orchestra for a distinct droning that manipulates the strings in fascinating ways.
An effort that’s inspired by visual art, there certainly is an artistic aspect to these orchestral pieces that are colorful, sometimes minimal and descriptive via a very atypical and enjoyable vision.
Travels well with: Caitlin Edwards and Daniel Schlosberg- Mere Mortals; Joanna Estelle- Transmutation