Un cri s’élève en moi (for soprano and piano)

for soprano and piano (2025) Text: Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, in French Duration: 10 minutes Commissioned by l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Version for soprano and orchestra is available on rental “Ian Cusson and Natasha Kanapé-Fontaine’s Un cri s’élève en moi (‘A cry rises in me and transfigures me’) was full of suspense, texture and contrasting bright lights. In just over ten minutes the song presents a suspenseful life-cycle. Elisabeth St-Gelais delivered its emotional range with convincing delicacy. ‘The poem is the movement that fertilises.’ ” — Simon Barrow, Edinburgh Music Review Watch the premiere performance