In order to read complete fullscores online,
subscribe to the online library
preview1_6056.221109.112327
preview2_6056.221109.112327
preview3_6056.221109.112327
no  image found Fichier 2

Cartography of Liminal Spaces

For solo prepared violin & prepared ensemble

9,50 €
Digital version (+0,00 €) instant download
Printed format (+20,30 € printing and shipping). Colissimo7-14 days aprox.
When you buy a score, you can contact the composer right here!
Specifications
Region
Latinoamérica
Estimated Duration
6 - 10min
Date
2021

ISMN : 979-0-2325-6590-3

Videos on this piece
Notes on this piece

SPATIOTEMPORAL CARTOGRAPHIES is inspired by the famous dictum of Polish-American writer Alfred Korzybski: “the map is not the territory.” It explores the concept of non-linear form. Every work in this cycle is made up of sections that can be performed in any order, but without interruption, so that beginnings and endings are not obvious to the listener. Referring to these sections as “spaces,” Méndez conceives of each piece as the map of a variable landscape that can appear in many forms and evolve through time in different ways. Just as a human can chart many different paths when walking through a territory—having a different spatiotemporal experience of the area with each path—performers can find their own trajectories through each work, and vary them from performance to performance. Listeners, therefore, traverse the musical territory of the piece in ways that are not fully determined by the score, but instead depend on performers and their decisions.

In “Cartographies of Liminal Spaces,” Méndez plays with ideas of liminality and in-betweenness, exploring ambiguity in structure and sound. The prepared violin, which is featured alone at the beginning and ending of each of the “spaces” or sections, teeters on the threshold of being a solo instrument and an equal member of the chamber ensemble. Boundaries between instruments are blurred to an even greater extent than in other Méndez works, as when the neck of an alto saxophone is attached to the soundboard of the piano using a PVC pipe.

Text by Manuel Laufer

Instrumentation
Flute|Saxophones|Percussions|Piano|Violin
Recording
Performed by Vertixe Sonora.
Recorded by Luca Gardani
Mastered by Mural Colak

Roberto Alonso- solo prepared violin
Keiko Murakami- prepared flute
Pablo Coello- prepared saxophones
Diego Ventoso- percussion/found objects
David Duran- piano
Score Details
Format - A3 / Tabloid
Pages - 62


Customers Who Viewed This Piece Also Viewed: