Demons

A whole set of percussion instruments are brought together, whose shocks and malicious sounds embody the devil. In an imaginary but very sonorous clearing, this diabolus in musica itself invites the famous Sabbath Queen, accompanied by a crowd of monsters, witches, puppets and skeletons… At the appointed hour, the wands perform several macabre dances and bear witness to humans’ eterrnal fascination with death. For the pleasure of the audience, composer Zad Moulktaka lends himself to the game and creates a contemporary vision of Hell.

PROGRAMME

Zad Moultaka: Miniature diabolique (1)

Serge Prokofiev: Four pieces for piano, op. 4
Reminiscences, Elan, Despair, Suggestion Diabolique
(Transcription: Zad Moultaka)

Zad Moultaka: Miniature diabolique (2)

Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre, symphonic poem in G minor, op. 40
(Transcription: Gilles Dumoulin)

Zad Moultaka: Miniature diabolique (3)

Hector Berlioz: “Dream of a witches’ Sabbath”;
Extract from the Symphonie fantastique
(Transcription: Gilles Dumoulin)

Igor Stravinsky : Petrushka, Fourth Tableau
(Transcription: Gérard Lecointe)

Zad Moultaka: Daïmôn
I – Cheval blanc – La conquête
II – Cheval rouge – La Guerre
III – Cheval noir – La famine
IV – Cheval verdâtre – La mort par l’épée
V – Apparition des âmes
VI – Soleil noir, Lune rouge – Grands cataclysmes
VII – Grand silence