Malgré Moi for double-reed quintet (2 oboes, cor anglais, bassoon, contrabassoon)

Description

This version of Malgré Moi is an arrangement for five double-reed instruments of the original duet (also available on this site)

For information, the poem (with my translation) on which the music is based goes as follows:
EmbauchĂ© malgrĂ© moi … Taken on, against my will,
dans l’usine Ă  idĂ©es … at the thought factory,
j’ai refusĂ© de pointer …I refused to clock on
MobilisĂ© de mĂŞme … Conscripted just the same
dans l’armĂ©e des idĂ©es …into the thought army
j’ai dĂ©sertĂ© …I deserted
Je n’ai jamais compris …I’ve never understood
grand-chose …important things
Il n’y a jamais ….There is never
grand-chose …important things
ni petite chose …nor little details
Il y a autre chose. …there’s something else
Autre chose …something else
c’est ce que j’aime …that’s what I like
qui me plaĂ®t …what pleases me
et que je fais. …and what I do
EmbauchĂ© malgrĂ© moi …Taken on, against my will…

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