René Lussier’s Le trésor de la langue: Documentation of a Journey, from Linguistic Quest to Political Debate
Masterpiece of composer and performer René Lussier, Le trésor de la langue revolves around three main axes: its musical and linguistic approach shows the singularity of the work, which translates spoken language into instrumental music while also arranging it a in variety of musical styles; its documentary approach focuses on the composer’s travel story, between Montreal and Quebec City, and offers witness of the making of the work; finally, the historical approach ties together both the material collected and arranged by the composer, and the historical and political issues addressed in the work. In so doing, its propels to the front scene major xxth century events, such as the debate around sovereignty and Quebec’s difficult identity issues.