D'autres sons
Sophie Bernado: bassoon
Catherine Delaunay: clarinets
David Chevallier: guitar, compositions
On paper, the instrumentation seems to come out of nowhere: clarinet, bassoon and guitar! Except that music is not so much made by instruments as by the personalities who play them, and seen from this angle, this combination seems obvious. David Chevallier and Catherine Delaunay have enjoyed years of exchange and collaboration, dating back to their time together in the large ensemble Tous Dehors. Their meeting with Sophie Bernado is more recent, but one can already sense the affinity between these two mavericks.​ to bring together the most diverse musical worlds.
As for the clarinettist and bassoonist, whether by chance or fate, their paths had already crossed five years ago during a project based on Italo Calvino. One thing is certain: these three share a curiosity and open-mindedness, a willingness to take risks and a taste for the unexpected. So, let yourself be surprised!
Clarinets, guitars and bassoons are firmly anchored on stage, but the music is elsewhere. The sounds emerge from an incantation, piercing the space with euphoria and lightness. It is subtle and joyful. Catherine Delaunay carries us along on her breath over mountain ridges, as our thoughts might be during a journey of discovery. There is a paradox of mystery accessible in the deep bass notes of the clarinets, a sonic imprint of the past reshaped in situ in this trio. From these invocations arises a joyful polyphony, a sparse and collective dissonance that intertwines tenderly. The trio sounds like the world, its humans and its challenges. A sonic parallel to our collective misfortunes. Promises, too, of a resolution in this Beauty and these new sonic paths traced by the trio.​
Lucas Le Texier - Pointbreak​