Those six duets, or rather five and a half, the fifth sounding more like a « jingle », have been written in 2009 for the second cycle students, in order to to embellish various students auditions and concerts in the school where I am teaching.
With a very classical form and writing, they don’t ask a very high technic and are very accessible.
Only the third one « on the ice » is a descriptive play, describing the evolutions, sometimes risky, of the young ice-skaters. This duet involves the good command of the seven positions.
The fifth one « Enigma » is a very short play sounding like an interrogation, like a question without answer. Its shortness gives it the jingle rôle in a students concert.
1. Intrada env. 50"
2. Appel env. 55’’
3. Sur la glace env. 1’20’’
4. Insouciance env. 1’10’’
5. Énigme env. 15’’
6. Canzonetta env. 1’10’’