Chroma, for violin, viola, cello and piano
Performance by the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
[Chroma]
The purity/ intensity of a colour; its freedom from white or grey. The inspiration behind this piece stems from a curiosity towards Perceptions of Time, Space and Colour, as well as how these areas intersect with and influence one another. The piece focuses on creating a journey through distinctive states, ones which are in itself shifting and moving, yet ultimately does not arrive at an end destination. A constellation of disparate, static spaces; Going somewhere with nowhere in mind.
Chroma develops upon the ideas presented in an earlier work, Colouresque, a series of three short studies inspired by a subjective perspective of the relationship between Colour and Emotions, and how these features are re-imagined sonically to form three unique dispositions.
In this Space, I am (not) Here…,for alto saxophone and electronics
Performance by Andreas Marinello
[Presence]
The state or fact of existing, occurring, or being present.
This piece stems from this idea of Presence and Negotiation of Presence --- with the self, with the environment around oneself. I perceive Presence as ‘being real in one’s experiences’ --- even if this presence is not real, no longer real. The piece opens with a line, “I will write about you to keep you alive. In my mind, only in my mind.” --- which highlights a form of negotiation with oneself between ‘the awareness of an absence’ and ‘the desire for this to remain as part of one’s life’.
In this piece, this process of Negotiation is viewed as a form of encoding --- repetition to make real --- and features the result of this continuous reiteration. The piece focuses on a continuous unfolding of events, which highlights an interaction between the saxophonist present in this physical space, and a recorded voice whose physical presence is absent, but very much exists in this same space. These disparate presences compete with one another at times, while at others, blur into textures to form a wash of sound.