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Multiplicidad is not intended to be a disc that offers unity of listening but, rather, conceptual unity. The disc contains five different pieces written over a period of four years – in which time my music has changed considerably – that reflect diverse visions about the concept which gives the disc its title. I therefore recommend listening to these works in isolation from one another.
The idea of the multiple, that something can contain more than a single characteristic, seems to me to be intimately linked to the idea of richness and knowledge. To know all sides of a concept is to go into it more deeply. An aesthetic model directed towards finding and manifesting the multi- faceted in what is real strikes me as the best possible antidote to a society characterised by the need for categorical single-minded affirmations, ready to be digested and repeated.
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aproximación a lo indivisible (2013) for voice and ensemble Sarah Maria Sun (voice), Ensemble Modern conducted by Clemens Heil
kaolinite [Al2Si2O5(OH)4] quartet (2012) for violine, viola, violoncello, double-bass Ensemble Modern conducted by Mariano Chiacchiarini
multiplicidad y relación (2011) alto flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion (vibraphone, tam-tam), piano ensemble recherche
oscillation ou interstice (2013) for voice and bass recorder UMS ‘n JIP: Javier Hagen (voice), Ulrike Mayer-Spohn (bass recorder)
Pi (2014) for electric guitar, trombone, double bass, Glockenspiel, modular synthesizers, live-electronics CrossingLines conducted by Luis Codera Puzo |
1CD | Instrumental | Contemporary | Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung |
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Steven Daverson’s compositions allude to the intangible: fluid forms that might be experienceable, but never enduring concrete... |
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Beating Bounds, the Limits of Failure: the Music of Mark Barden. |
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Focussing and magnification, concentration and expansion – these [...] diametrically opposed dynamics [...] characteristically pervade Luke Bedford’s music. |
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