spasmodic frictions: "Aria Impulsiva", V.2 (2015)

for amplified ensemble and electronics

bass flute, bass clarinet, piano, violin I, violin II, viola, cello, double-bass,
and electronics

Premiere performance:

April 24th, 2015 New York – NY
Wet Ink Ensemble
Annual Columbia Composers concert series DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York

Other performances:

September 10th, 2016 Utrecht - The Netherlands Ensemble Insomnio ICMC, International Computer Music Conference 2016

spasmodic frictions: “Aria Impulsiva”, version 2, is a piece for eights instruments and electronics. The piece resembles to an organism with distinct functionalities that generate a complex system of either cohesive or unpredictable moments. The dramaturgical discourse aims for a stochastic comprehension of the behavior and/or the theatricality of either independent musical units or generalized structural moments throughout the piece. The technical aspects of the music deal with fluidity and the sculpting of sound, means that aim to highlight a visceral and tactile gestuality. The directionality of the piece derives from the spasmodic transformations of heterogeneous elements that don’t allow for the music to be perceived as a system of hierarchically juxtaposed ideas but rather as a “stream of consciousness”.