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Bechara El-Khoury: Clair-Obscur

The newest orchestra work called Clair-Obscur by Franco-Lebanese composer Bechara El-Khoury will be premiered by the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra on July 31, 2015 in Helipolis (Egypt).

"Clair-Obscur is a very slow and calm sort of adagio from start to finish – it takes a post-romantic, impressionistic approach. Light and dark harmonies intermingle, concordant and dissonant, through a thematic motive which keeps returning and dominates the entirety of the work. It is very meditative music which extends to infinity…”

Bechara El-Khoury