LE TOMBEAU DE NELLIGAN
The work is basically in sonata form (exposition
- development - reexposition) but it integrates the spirit of
a continued variation as the melodic elements used come from the
initial theme announced by the flute. Sometimes calm and expressive,
sometimes violent and dramatic, oscillating between the singing
of the winds dominated by the English horn and the explosion for
the full force of the orchestra, the music unfurls in stages,
sketching a huge curve that closes in on itself in the final metamorphosis
of the theme (played by the cellos) ending this essentially lyrical
piece in an introspective and crepuscular atmosphere.
