Hèctor Parra and the orchestra
When in 2006 the composer Hèctor Parra Esteve composed Lumières Abyssales-Chroma and Karst-Chroma II, involving the Orchester National d'Ile de France and the Orchester Philharmonique de Liège, the idea of how to highlight the...
Antonio Bertoni: 1/2 h(our) drama
Joseph Beuys holds a special place in the history of those human "meteors" who did not have the right weight: in the sixties the equivalent in Europe of the spectacular and unconventional art-pop of...
Leonardi/Pastor/Blumer/Geisser: Conversations about Thomas Chapin
Stefano Leonardi, an Italian young flutist, is a spokesman for the Chapin's artistic rediscovery. He organized a quartet of Italian and Swiss musicians (Fridolin Blumer on bass, Heinz Geisser on drums and Stefano Pastor...
Impermances, reworkings and voices’ pandemonium
Some thoughts on three new CD of free improv:
-Ana Kravanja & Elisabeth Harnik: Vrtinci Minljivosti (Vortices of Impermanence), Creative Sources
-Cory Smythe: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Pyroclastic Records
-VocColours: 66, Tonkunkst Manufaktur
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Since last year, Slovenian...
Nuove estetiche a Reykjavik: Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson
Quando facciamo riferimento al termine "liminale" spesso vogliamo indicare una situazione al confine, tra la realtà e la finzione, sperimentata sotto l'effetto indotto di un evento: liminale può essere quella fase che si vive...
John Wolf Brennan/Tony Majdalani/Marco Jencarelli: Pilgrims
After all, John Wolf Brennan has accustomed us to meetings between East and West: those who remember his masterpieces recorded long ago have always perceived his proximity to some aspects of non-Western thought, so...
Evan Johnson: Forms of complaint
There is an area of music research that has focused its interest on the physicality of the performance. It can be obtained in many ways, increasing the difficulties of the score, applying a kind...
Robert Erickson’s Orchestral Colors: Auroras & Other Works
I lavori orchestrali di Robert Erickson sono importanti per il modo con cui incarnano molti dei principi della composizione timbrica elaborati nel suo libro "Sound Structure in Music". I quattro pezzi orchestrali raccolti sul...
Studies on Colour Field Modulation: Ulrich Mitzlaff & Carlos Santos
L'arte astratta costringe il fruitore di essa a fare uno sforzo di cognizione. Si tratta spesso di andare a vedere cosa c'è dietro un ipotetico muro di incomprensione che caratterizza l'opera e solo un'apertura...