Pour Sortir Au Jour

Pour Sortir au Jour (Going Forth by Day)
By Guillaume Connesson
For flute and piano
Reduction from flute and orchestra by Boris Freulon
Published by Billaudot
Includes score and part
Duration: 23 minutes

Movements:

1. Danse processionnelle (3:30 minutes)
2. Entree dans la Douat (7:55)
3. Danse de la Justification (1:25)
4. La balance des Dieux (5:30)
5. Danse dans les champs de Ialou (5:10)

     Pour sortir au jour (Going Forth by Day) is the original name of The Egyptian Book of the Dead. Those papyrus scrolls were placed near the mummy in order to help it achieve its journey to the hereafter and attain the light of Osiris. This book consisted of a series of prayers, magic formulars for opening doors, invocations and fabulous tales in service of the deceased. For in order to live this second birth and see the brightness of the Justified, a series of trials awaited the dead person. It is this spiritual journey that my Concerto evokes: a journey from shadow and light to the land of Amenti, the paradise of the ancient Egyptians. – Composer's note

Samples are from movement 1 and movement 2, respectively.