Whispering Spaces

Whispering Spaces

Whispering Spaces

violin, cello and amplified piano

violin, cello and amplified piano

Year

2015

Duration

10 min

Category

Chamber

Features

An amplified piano trio focused on breath, resonance, gesture and the incidental sounds surrounding performance, extending notation toward a broader poetics of instrumental presence.

An amplified piano trio focused on breath, resonance, gesture and the incidental sounds surrounding performance, extending notation toward a broader poetics of instrumental presence.

An amplified piano trio focused on breath, resonance, gesture and the incidental sounds surrounding performance, extending notation toward a broader poetics of instrumental presence.

Programme Note

Whispering Spaces investigates performance dimensions beyond written pitches: resonance, breath, gesture and accidental sound. Amplification extends the piano’s material presence within the trio.

Scored for violin, cello and amplified piano, the work brings amplified piano, resonance and gesture into a concentrated musical relationship. The premiere context is documented as BKA-Theater, Unerhörte Musik, Germany.