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Sympatheia
for 16 voices (SATB x4), 4 percussionists, and live electronics
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Caractéristiques
Region
North America (Canada - USA)
Estimated Duration
11 - 15min
Date
2020
ISMN : 979-0-2325-8028-9
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In this context, I sought to create a musical work which, for 15 minutes, could help one to remember how easily different elements can vibrate together (following the principle of sympathetic resonance), as sort of a metaphor for the fact that we all have more in common than we tend to remember. I also wanted to reflect on some philosophical ideas that are over 2,300 years old and come handy at this time –those of stoicism. The title of the work is a connection to the physical phenomenon of sympathetic resonance as well as to the stoic concept of sympatheia (which proposes that there is an “ interconnectedness and mutual interdependence [among] all things in the universe”, as the Roman emperor and stoic thinker Marcus Aurelius described it). - M.G.
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Sympatheia is a reaction to (and perhaps also a reflection on) the social dynamics and divisions that, for someone living in the United States, became evident during the 2016 presidential election cycle. As anyone with a minimal interest in human history would note, this problem was hardly a new thing: for each century of the past millennium, we can find plenty of examples of issues that created discord among any given society. What seemed new, however, was a globalized world (before 2016, I had already noted a similar division in South America and another one in Europe) and how the new technologies (the internet and, in particular, social media) amplified the tensions.
In this context, I sought to create a musical work which, for 15 minutes, could help one to remember how easily different elements can vibrate together (following the principle of sympathetic resonance), as sort of a metaphor for the fact that we all have more in common than we tend to remember. I also wanted to reflect on some philosophical ideas that are over 2,300 years old and come handy at this time –those of stoicism. The title of the work is a connection to the physical phenomenon of sympathetic resonance as well as to the stoic concept of sympatheia (which proposes that there is an “ interconnectedness and mutual interdependence [among] all things in the universe”, as the Roman emperor and stoic thinker Marcus Aurelius described it). - M.G.
Instrumentation
Real-time electronics
Percussions (4)
Vocal ensemble
Percussions (4)
Vocal ensemble
Score Details
Format - Undefined
Pages - 86
Pages - 86
