for ensemble, amplification and electronics

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The title refers to the idea of ​​intimacy with the sounds of a place, in a poetic, physical and sensorial approach, which takes us to different levels of listening, attention and engagement, taking as reference the acoustic information of the big picture, the foreground and background content, the experienced and the sensorial.

 

During its 45-minute duration, the work reflects a possible sonic mediation of nine field recordings, made by the composer in different geographies and contexts, which are coming from Portugal, Switzerland and Argentina. Given the subjectivity adjacent to the process of sonic mediation, a strategy based on sound approximation, metaphor and correlation is sought, where acoustic and electroacoustic instruments present the sound memory of these field recordings, and this can become, and quoting Alvin Lucier from his work “Memory Space”, “(…) an impression, sometimes surprisingly clear, other times lost in a haze (…)”.

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commissioned by Funkloch Trio

with support from Aargauer Kuratorium