Duration approx. 5'

This work for piccolo can be played alone or with percussion (2 Treble Toms Ø 10 and 12) or failing that 2 Boobams).

The title refers to the process of writing the part of piccolo which from start to finish is self-generating without any repetition except in the final coda.

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Recursion is particularly present in biology, especially in plant patterns and developmental processes. Thus sunflower flowers present beautiful recursive structures.

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In its form with percussion, this work is inspired by the "ritual of turning over the dead" practiced in Madagascar where cries, flutes, percussion and possibly trumpets, accompany the rapid, jerky and erratic running of the corpse carried on the shoulders throughout the village. The goal is to change the sadness of mourning into joy and allow the living to fulfill their duty so that the dead are able to enter the world of the ancestors.

This veritable charivari, a mixture of cries, words, sounds and sound rhythms, produces a kind of catharsis. The sound environment is not made for us to enjoy it, but for us to experience it in our flesh until exhaustion/appeasement. It is a way of experiencing mourning so that society and its members regain their balance.

This combination of a small flute and a drum is found in many cultures. It is for example in Provence, a small high-pitched flute (galoubet) played with one hand, while the instrumentalist is accompanied by a tambourine struck by the other hand.

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Paradoxically, the same work exists under the same name for... solo bass clarinet (without percussion).

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