Thomas Gauthier-Lang
Saxophonist, Improviser, Composer, Teacher
Compositions
I'll meet myself when I get there (2024)
''I'll Meet Myself When I Get There'' is what happens when I let my intuition guide me. Since this is my very first composition, I felt that I had not yet met this new part of myself. The process of creating this work was, for me, a first step toward discovering what I want to say, what I want to evoke, and how I want to do it.
Tell us what you see (2024)
For me, these are ideas of simplicity, wonder, tenderness, and nostalgia with five melodicas. I was mainly inspired by the feelings that came over me after reading the poem "Every Time I Ever Said I Want to Die" by Andrea Gibson.
Summa - Arvo pärt
Arr, Thomas Gauthier-Lang
(1977, 2024)
Here is an arrangement of Summa for string orchestra, which I created as part of 5ilience's Flore Temporelle project. ​​
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From the composer: “I have developed a highly formalised compositional system, which I have been using to write my music for twenty years. Summa is the most strict and enigmatic work in this series”, said Arvo Pärt in 1994.