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The somewhat ominous title of this piece comes from a peculiarity of Clermont-Ferrand: a “petrifying fountain” in which any object immersed is quickly covered with a calcareous film that transforms it into a statuette, much as in myth Medusa’s head petrifies anything that looks at it. Here, after Ugarit for guitar and Ziggurat for harpsichord, it’s the musical substance inspired by the Venezuelan cuatro of the Registro del Pajarillo that freezes into a composite sound image entrusted to the piano.