Works / 2023
Clessidra
for ensemble
commissioned by and written for the 60th anniversary of Ars Nova ensemble (Poitiers)
“Clessidra” (“sandglass” in Italian) contains two opposite processes happening simultaneously, which are overlapping and create a musical metaphor of a sandglass with one part being filled and the other emptied. One layer of the texture (vibraphone, accordion and synthesiser with an organ timbre) are constantly descending down from their highest overtones meanwhile the rest of the ensemble (strings, bowed harp and winds) is gradually expanding its space and dynamics until their paths cross and merge into one spectrum.
1st performance: 23 November 2023, Auditorium de Potiers (FR), Ars Nova ensemble, cond. Gregory Vajda
Duration: 11’
Instrumentation: afl, ob, cl, asax, bsn, tpt, hn, tbn, tb, acc, kbd, vibr, hp, 2 vln, vla, vc, cb
Performances
Upcoming
perf. by Klangforum Wien. Festival d'Automne. Église Saint-Eustache, Paris (FR)
perf. by Ars Nova, cond. Gregory Vajda. Festival Présences, Radio France, Paris (FR)
Past
perf. by Klangforum Wien, cond. Vimbayi Kaziboni. Festival d'Aix-en-Provence (FR)
perf. by contraBAND ensemble, cond. by Vimbayi Kaziboni. Boston Conservatory at Berklee (USA).
perf. by Klangforum Wien, festival Wien Modern, cond. Vimbayi Kaziboni, Wiener Konzerthaus, Mozart - Saal, Vienna (AT)
perf. Klangforum Wien, cond. Vimbayi Kaziboni. St. Elisabeth Church, Berlin (DE)
perf. by "Ars Nova" ensemble for their 60th anniversary (FR)