Connotations
ISMN : 979-0-2325-7998-6
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Connotations (2015-6) for string orchestra and electronics. Duration 9’ minutes
The work begins with a piercing Holophonic musical texture, which gradually loses
its momentum and its abstract form. During this transformation the material
acquires a more dramatic character creating a soundscape of train machines, breaks, birds, wind or locomotive horns like the widely used Leslie horns. The soundscape assimilated by a homophonic section with emphasis on double base, which ends to a single tone from the whole orchestra resembling a monophonic lament. The title refers to mental associations, a process by which representations arise in consciousness. The first version of the piece (under the title Associations, 2015) is an instrumental sound composition for string orchestra only. It was initially composed for the ASONIETA String Orchestra of Athens and premiered by conductor Alexander Diamantis. Connotations was awarded the second prize at the KLANG! electroacoustic composition competition 2016 in Montpellier/ France.
Studio edited mix © Panayiotis Kokoras
Pages - 64
Salvador Torré
Daniele Di Virgilio
Giorgio Colombo Taccani
