Et je reverrai cette ville étrange (English: And I will see this strange city again) is a 1981 work for chamber ensemble by Canadian composer Claude Vivier.
[4] The notes given by Vivier in the finished manuscript, with English translation below: Comme le titre suggère, cette oeuvre est un retour vers un certain lieu de ma vie, certaines mélodies — Mélodies qui font en quelque sorte partie de mon passé — La mélancolie provient de mon goût pour les histoires du passé, mes propres histoires.
« Mélancolie et Espoir », pour recréer la continuité que la vie a interrompue.As the title suggests, this piece is a comeback to a certain spot in my life, certain melodies — Melodies that are somehow part of my past — Melancholia derives from my tastes for past stories, my own stories.
Few melodies embedded into silence, into the time continuum — This piece as an act of despair in so far as creation was always trying to link past and future.
[4][excessive quote]The work is written for a mixed ensemble of trumpet, string trio, two keyboards and percussion battery.