RENDEZ-VOUS – GRACE: Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria – Camille Thomas & Julien Brocal

RENDEZ-VOUS – GRACE: Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria – Camille Thomas & Julien Brocal

Rendez-vous is a musical invitation from cellist Camille Thomas and pianist Julien Brocal, offering listeners a unique and intimate experience. Recorded at and produced by Tippet Rise Art Center in Fishtail, Montana, the project reimagines iconic classical works by pairing them with new compositions by the artists that draw on different influences and eras.

Gounod’s Ave Maria, a celestial melody written to Bach’s famous first prelude in C Major, acts like a musical madeleine, instantly familiar to listeners. From this timeless work, Brocal and Thomas imagined an answer: in Reflection No. 1, Brocal transforms the binary regularity of Bach’s prelude into a five-beat rhythm, creating a sensation of weightlessness.

Films were captured at Beartooth Portal and Inverted Portal by Ensamble Studio, two works of art that offer an invitation into another world.

Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria (Arr. C. Thomas for Cello and Piano)

Cello: Camille Thomas @camillethomascellist

Piano: Julien Brocal @julienbrocal

Executive Producer: Tippet Rise Art Center
Film Director: Martin Mirabel
Film Director of Photography: Colin Morvan
Music Produced by: Camille Thomas, Julien Brocal, Monte Nickles, Jim Ruberto
Music Engineered by: Monte Nickles and Jim Ruberto
Music Mixed and Mastered by: Monte Nickes
Location: Ensamble Studio, Beartooth Portal, 2015, Tippet Rise Art Center

Filmed in September 2024