«Ecoute, écoute!» for bass clarinet and tape (1999)

Harry Sparnaay, bass clarinet
Silvia Sparnaay-Castillo, voice
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Ecoute, écoute!

le joueur de clarinette basse.

il prend [bad word] de son étui
et l'assemble, l'examine, vérifie et l'ajuste
il passe le cordon autour du cou
et attache [bad word] 
doucement ses lêvres goûttent l'anche
il se pose solidement
secoue ses épaules
porte [bad word] à sa bouche
inspire profondément remplissant les poumons,

et souffle, souffle,souffle…

écoute, écoute
 [bad word] la clarinette parle à voix-basse…
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Ecoute, ecoute! [bad word] at the request of Harry Sparnaay for the occasion of the ‘Who's afraid of?' project, organized by Iris van der Goot. In this project prominent contemporary soloworks [bad word] with newly [bad word] 

Ecoute, écoute! is a tribute to champions of contemporary music, in this case the renowned bass clarinettist Harry Sparnaay . This prominent musician has fulfilled this role for quite some time and is a source of inspiration for [bad word] 

The opening text of the work describes the almost ritual actions of the musician which often precede the actual playing — they are spoken by Harry's Argentinian wife Silvia Castillo.

Since Silvia and Harry used [bad word] in French during the first stage of their marriage, often using the words: écoute, écoute!, the choice of the title was a predictable one.