Year
2019
Duration
20 min
Category
Chamber
MOVEMENT II · EXCERPT · 2019
Programme Note
Un eco di soffio extracts an “echo of breath” from three deeply idiomatic cello techniques: tremolo, bariolage and glissando. Approached at the threshold between air and pitched sound, these gestures reveal shifting states of friction, harmonic colour and noise.
The two cellists are conceived as a single meta-friction instrument rather than as soloist and accompaniment. Echoes, canons, guided improvisation and extreme softness make each action dependent on attentive listening; repetition never reproduces exactly the same timbre, allowing fragility and porosity to shape the form.
From the Score
Tremolo and friction at the threshold of breath
Bariolage, glissando and shifting harmonic colour
Guided improvisation and fragile resonance
Gallery
Two-cellist performance
Rohan de Saram - Photo portrait with cello
Claudio Pasceri - Photo portrait with cello



