for 2 organs (baroque and romantic), 2 percussionists, bass trombones, rectitants and dancers
opus 54,
Brussels 2004
total duration: ca. 5'10"
dedicated to Dorina GHERMAN
(d'apres l'Apocalypse 21:1,4 du Nouveau Testament)
The piece is part of a common project of the composition department (head: Daniel CAPELLETTI)
The project involved 5 composers ; Olivier DESMET, Alin GHERMAN, François HOUTART, Tong Kyu KANG, Natasha HENRY and Fanny LION)
Musicians who performed for the first time the piece: Peter STRAUVEN and Els BIESEMANS (organs), Francois HOUTART and Danielle PIANA (registration assistants), Pierre QUIRIGNY and Jean-Francois DOSSOGNE (percussions), Bart DELAUSNAY and Peter KINDT (bass trombones), Anaelle SNOECK and Michel WRIGHT (recitants), Sylvie VAN DER EECKEW and Laurent FLAMENT (choreography and dance), Daniel CAPELLETTI (conductor)
The concert has been recorded by Claude BERTRAND (audio only) and by Richard HENRY (video).
Commissioned by the Festival d'orgues des Minimes to celebrate the end of the restoration works on the 17th century Noelmans organs of the "Church of Saints Jean and Etienne aux Minimes" in Brussels. (Rue des Minimes, 62 - 1000 Bruxelles)