Works / 2008
Psalms
for for cello and pre-recorded cellos
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'
Versions
The same piece exists also in versions for cello and accordion (without electronics) and for violin and pre-recorded violins.
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) Guna Aboltina (LV) Erik Carlson (NY, version for violins) Manuel Zurria (IT, version for bass flutes)
Performances
29 November 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival, St. Paul’s Church (UK) | 24 April 2009 Jauna Muzika festival, Contemporary Art Center in Vilnius (LT) | 21 September 2009 King's Place in London (UK) | 27 February 2010 Nexus Arts Cafè in Manchester (UK) | 26 March 2010 Teatro Mahole di Milano (IT) |19 May 2010 Conservatorio Piccinni di Bari (IT) | 28 August 2010 Museo della Scultura Contemporanea di Matera (IT) | 15 February 2012 IULM University of Milan (IT) | 29 February 2012 Accademia delle Belle Arti di Macerata (IT) | 20 May 2012 Casa di Pontormo, Pontorme (IT) | 13 March 2013 perf. Francesco Dillon. Chiesa di Gesu redentore, Modena (IT) | 22 August 2013 perf. Guna Aboltina, Dominante festival, St. Peter's Church. Riga (LV) | 14 November 2013 perf. Francesco Dillon, Teatro Hasta Trilce, Buenos Aires (AR) | 15 November 2013 perf. Francesco Dillon, Catedral Nuestra Senora del Carmen - General Roca, Rio Negro (AR) | 16 November 2013 perf. Francesco Dillon. Biblioteca Popular Nicolas Avellaneda de Choele-Choel, Rio Negro (AR) | 21 June 2014 perf. Francesco Dillon, John Cage's Music Circus, The Oriel Centre ad Dundalk Gaol, Dundalk Louth (IE) | 17 January 2015 Musicamorfosi festival, Teatrino della Reggia, Monza (IT) | 18 January 2015 Musicamorfosi, Villa Tittoni, Desio (IT) | 8 February 2016 Auditorium Melotti, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (MART), Rovereto (IT) | 10 November 2017 Spazio O'artoteca, Milano (IT)
Performances
Upcoming
perf. by Marco Fusi (viola d'amore). Huddersfield contemporary music festival, Huddersfield Town Hall (UK)
perf. by Valerie Fritz. Stadthalle Göppingen (DE)
Past
perf. by Talvi Nurgamaa (Ensemble for New Music Tallinn). Version for viola d'amore. Festival AFEKT. Tartu City Museum (EE)
perf. by Taylor MacLennan (bass flute version). LSO St Luke's, London (UK)
perf. by Fie Schouten (bass clarinets). Orgelpark, Amsterdam (NL)
perf. by Petra and Heinz-Peter Linshalm. University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (AT)
perf. by Ensemble for New Music Tallinn. Dessau (DE)
perf. by Francesco Dillon. Galleri Galleberg, Vestfold (NO)
perf. by Francesco Dillon. Friscena, Innlandet (NO)
perf. by Francesco Dillon. Mir, Oslo (NO)
perf. by Sidera Saxophone Quartet. 1st performance of the version for 4 soprano saxophones. ilSUONO contemporary music week, Auditorium S. Chiara - Sansepolcro, Città di Castello (IT)
perf. by Tai Tomoki, cello. Takefu international music festival (JP)
perf. by Anton Lukoszewieze (UK). Music Autumn festival. Energy and Technology Museum, Vilnius (LT)
perf. Tai Tamoki. Takefu International Music festival (JP) - postponed to 2021
perf. by "Twenty Fingers Duo". MO museum, Vilnius (LT)
an acoustic version perf. by Anton Lukoszevieze (UK) and other 7 cellists. "Sacrum Profanum" festival, Krakow (PL)
perf. Francesco Dillon. MA/IN Matera Intermedia festival, Casa Cava (IT)
perf. Henri Demarquette. Théâtre Saint-Bonnet, Bourges (FR)
perf. Henri Demarquette. Stavelot festival (BE)
perf. Henri Demarquette. Galerie du Fonds Labégorre, Seignosse (FR)
perf. Francesco Dillon. O'Artoteca, Milano (IT)
on air on the ''Music of our Mothers'' by Ellen Grolman, St. Augustine, FL (USA)
perf. Francesco Dillon. Auditorium Melotti, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (MART), Rovereto (IT)
Version for cellos. Perf. Marco Maria Radaelli. Fontanamix ensemble, Exitime festival, Oratorio San Filippo Neri, Bologna (IT)
perf. Francesco Dillon, vc (IT). Musicamorfosi, Villa Tittoni, Desio (IT)
perf. Francesco Dillon, vc (IT). Musicamorfosi festival, Teatrino della Reggia, Monza (IT)
perf. Francesco Dillon. Broadcast on the programme Classical Discoveries by Marvin Rosen at the WPRB 103.3 FM Princeton NJ (USA)
perf. Francesco Dillon. John Cage's Music Circus. The Oriel Centre ad Dundalk Gaol, Dundalk Louth (IE)
perf. Francesco Dillon. Filanda Motta, Venezia (IT)
perf. Francesco Dillon. Biblioteca Popular Nicolas Avellaneda de Choele-Choel, Rio Negro (AR)
perf. Francesco Dillon. Catedral Nuestra Senora del Carmen - General Roca, Rio Negro (AR)
perf. Francesco Dillon. Teatro Hasta Trilce, Buenos Aires (AR)
perf. Guna Aboltina. Dominante festival, St. Peter's Church. Riga (LV)
perf. Francesco Dillon. Chiesa di Gesu redentore, Modena (IT)
Perf. Francesco Dillon, Casa di Pontormo, Pontorme (IT)
perf. Francesco Dillon, Accademia delle Belle Arti di Macerata (IT)
perf. Francesco Dillon, concert-lecture at IULM University, Milan (IT)
perf. by Anton Lukoszevieze (vc) at the BBC Radio 3
Francesco Dillon (IT), MUSMA (Museo della Scultura Contemporanea / Palazzo Pomarici), Matera (IT)
Francesco Dillon (IT), Conservatorio Piccinni, Bari (IT)
Francesco Dillon (IT), Villa Romana, Florence(IT)
Francesco Dillon (IT), Teatro Mohole, Milano (IT)
Francesco Dillon (IT), Nexus Arts Cafè, Manchester(UK)
Anton Lukoszevieze (UK), King‘s Palace, London (UK)
Perf. Anton Lukoszevieze. JAUNA MUZIKA festival, Contemporary Art Center in Vilnius (LT)
Anton Lukoszevieze (UK), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, St. Paul’s Church, Huddersfield (UK)
Anton Lukoszevieze (UK), International festival of electroacoustic music JAUNA MUZIKA, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius (LT)
