Du Simple au Double - Robert Lemay ( 

Du Simple au Double (2022)
Robert Lemay (‪@robertlemay1736‬)
Recorded Live by Woodwork Reed Quintet
27 December 2022
Deinze, Belgium
Anne-Leen Gevaert, oboe
Kevin Casteleyn, clarinet
Don-Paul Kahl, saxophone
Aaron Van de Winkel, bass clarinet
Valérie Trangez, bassoon
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Programme Note (written by Robert Lemay):
The title can be translated as “From single to double” OR “ratio of one to two”. Written for the Belgian reed quintet Woodwork Reed Quintet, the piece was premiered in Antwerp in November 2022. The title refers to two things. First, the instrumentation. The instruments of this ensemble are single reeds (clarinets, saxophone) and double reeds (oboe and bassoon). Second, the form of the piece. The work is a broad accelerando that gradually builds from quarter note = 72 to quarter note = 144. The metronomic speed of the last section is twice that of the beginning of the piece. From single to double. And the coda is at quarter note = 36, half the initial tempo. From double to single!