Programme note
This piece is the synchronization of different versions (played by the same or different cellists) of one musical line. The result of these 'vertical' variations reminds of the effect of different voices which are silently reading the same text or perhaps telling an orison, psalm or a mantra with individual intonations, timbres, tempos etc., thus creating polyphony of interpretations, either coming closer or moving away from each other.
The piece was commissioned by the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (2008) and written for Anton Lukoszevieze.
Duration
11'
Instructions for the performance.
The piece has to be pre-recorded 3 times (cello II, III and IV), trying to get 3 different versions/interpretations. At the concert there is a live performance of the piece played (cello I) simultaneosly playing together 3 pre-recorded versions. All 4 musical lines should be very balanced; the difference should not be audible. In the ideal situation the loud speakers should be staged as nearly as possible to the player to have one united sound source avoiding the division between the recorded and the real sound. The cello has to be amplified.
Performers
Anton Lukoszevieze (UK)
Francesco Dillon (IT)