Fantasmata, for voice, flute, violin, cello, piano (by Basil Athanasiadis)

Additional Information

Fantasmata ('Ghosts' in Greek), is a work that explores the sound and rhythmic qualities of the Japanese language (i.e. heightened speech and chanting). The text, isolated words and short phrases taken from a short story The Mirror by the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, is the generative power for the entire piece. Each word is associated with a unique music section, tailored around the intrinsic rhythmic and acoustic properties of the text. The resulting textual/musical organisation, despite its loose logical connection, shapes a notional thread unified under the archetypal ideas of surprise, anxiety, fear or relief. Thus, Fantasmata is not just a descriptive work about ghosts, but a personal game of fugitive associations, both textual and musical.

Details

Year:
2007
Category:
Chamber + Voice(s)
Publisher:
United Music Publishers (UMP)
ISMN:
979 0 2244 0980 2
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Recordings:
Minutes:
14
Total Number of Instruments:
5

Instrumentation

Cello
1
Flute
1
Mezzo-soprano
1
Piano
1
Violin
1
vv
1

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