Danses dans le mode de Si
a) for piano duet op.2a (1981)
b) for two pianos op.2b (1999)
c) for string orchestra op.2c (2003)
The Danses dans le mode de Si form a small suite of seven short and contrasted dances, each having is own specific character. They are all written only on the white keys of the keyboard, in the modal scale starting on B (also called the locrian mode).
The first version for piano duet was composed in 1981, and revised in 1993. It was first performed by the twin sisters Alexandra and Laetitia Ectors during a concert of XXth Century Music at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles in 1994.
In 1999, I made a new version for 2 pianos, 4 hands and finally a third version for string orchestra in 2003.
