Heartbeat, pulse? A vital element if ever there was one, pulsation irrigates this dreamlike program, born of the encounter between Thierry Pécou and his Ensemble Variances, with the Montreal ensemble Paramirabo. The highlight of the evening is Pulse, a recent, gentle, hypnotic score by American Steve Reich. In homage to this great master of the repetitive music movement, Thierry Pécou signs Byar, a piece directly inspired by gamelan, an Indonesian percussion orchestra. Echoing this, Missy Mazzoli and Cassandra Miller deploy meditative lines.
