Cinq Figures errantes

Cinq Figures errantes

Cinq Figures errantes

amplified piano

amplified piano

Year

2017

Duration

20 min

Category

Piano

Features

Five amplified piano figures combine notated gesture, semi-improvised action and contact with the wooden body, allowing resonance to wander beyond the keyboard.

Five amplified piano figures combine notated gesture, semi-improvised action and contact with the wooden body, allowing resonance to wander beyond the keyboard.

Five amplified piano figures combine notated gesture, semi-improvised action and contact with the wooden body, allowing resonance to wander beyond the keyboard.

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Programme Note

Cinq Figures errantes focuses on musical gesture, semi-improvised passages and the piano’s wooden body as an extension of the keyboard. Amplification brings fragile and material sounds into the foreground.

Scored for amplified piano, the work brings amplified piano, gesture and improvisation into a concentrated musical relationship. It was commissioned by Yumi Suehiro. The premiere context is documented as Mise-en_Place Bushwick, New York, USA.