A Musical Experience: feu doux at the MMFA

Starting June 12, the galleries housing the Old European Masters will be bathed in the dream-like music of “Paix la la” (Part I and Part II), an instrumental soundscape by duo feu doux. The title of the work refers both to the name of the pavilion and to the “la la la” we hum when we don’t know the lyrics to a song. Now more than ever, in these troubled times, it seems that peace is a song we need to learn anew. The gentle music invites us to slow down. Peace la la, or peace here and there, here and now, is like a collective wish.
Composed especially to accompany visitors as they tour the galleries on the second, third and fourth floors of the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace (Part I), and as they take a break in the adjacent Atrium (Part II), “Paix la la” is a fluid work of music featuring asymmetrical sound loopings.