Extended Apocalypsis

Composer: Philippe Leroux (France/Canada)
Commissioned by Integra and Anders Beyer for Athelas Sinfonietta
Instrumentation: four singers, sixteen instruments, live electronics and video
Published by Gérard Billaudot Éditeur, Paris
Duration 32’
Video by Jakob F Schokking/Holland House. Live electronics by Peter Plessas, IEM, University of Music and the Performing Arts, Graz (Austria).
First performance: Raphaële Kennedy and Valérie Philippin (soprano), Francine Vis (mezzo), Romain Bischoff (baritone) and Athelas Sinfonietta conducted by Pierre-André Valade, Helsingør (Denmark), 25 September 2011.

Additional Integra performances: Raphaële Kennedy and Valérie Philippin (soprano), Francine Vis (mezzo), Romain Bischoff (baritone) and Athelas Sinfonietta conducted by Pierre-André Valade, Integra Festival, Copenhagen, 27 September 2011; Raphaële Kennedy and Valérie Philippin (soprano), Francine Vis (mezzo), Romain Bischoff (baritone) and Bit20 Ensemble conducted by Baldur Brönnimann, Bergen (Norway), 19 January 2012

Image of Philippe Leroux © P. Raimbault