Notre besoin de consolation est impossible à rassasier — Denis Dufour [05/06 Livestream]

Notre besoin de consolation est impossible à rassasier op. 054 [1989] 67’22 Our Need for Consolation is Insatiable Commissioned by the Ministry of Culture and Communication Based on an idea by Thomas Brando Realized on tape recorders at the composer’s studio in Crest Sound recording: Denis Dufour Voice recordings: Silver Berg and Denis Dufour Sounds from the carburetors of a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow: Alain Gonnard Voice: Thomas Brando Text: Stig Dagerman Translation from Swedish: Philippe Bouquet (Actes Sud) Premiered by Denis Dufour on the GRM acousmonium at the Auditorium 104, Maison de Radio France, Paris, on January 16th, 1989 for the Ina-GRM’s 1988-1989 Cycle Acousmatique When Thomas Brando introduced me to Stig Dagerman’s text in 1987, sharing his ideas for it, I thought it looked too difficult and too far removed from what I usually do. I was confronted with a long text, a direct style with explicit meanings that bared little resemblance to my customary