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Yannis Kyriakides
3 works by Yannis Kyriakides
performed by
Ayelet Harpaz -
Stephie Buttrich (voice) -
Marion von Tilzer (piano)
a conSPIracy cantata (45')
spi is an electronic cantata which juxtaposes two forms of cryptic message
communication: the clandestine world of spy number transmissions on the
shortwave radio, and the enigmatic uttering of the ancient oracle of
Delphi. spi is scored for two alto voices, piano and electronics. The
electronic sounds are made up of layers of radio transmissions, noise
textures, pre-recorded voices and sampled piano sounds. The piece weaves
together an archaic modal sound world with a chilling cold war atmosphere.
This work won the Gaudeamus International Composition Prize in September
2000.
hYDAtorizon (15')
Four loudspeakers transmitting a constant signal of sliding sine-tones are
installed inside a piano where they create sympathetic vibrations with the
strings. The piano picks out single notes from this slow flowing harmonic
stream. The zen-like nature of this piece is inspired by the pre-socratic
philosopher Parmenides who coined the oxymoron “hydatorizon”
(water-rooted) to describe his world view in both a material and
metaphysical sense. He compares the mind to something like floating
seaweed - groundless and drifting - to be rooted in water in one sense is
to have lost one’s roots.
tetTIX (15')
An electronic garden of eden - a drum machine calls out to its fellow
rhythm machines in nature - homoptera - hymenoptera - orthoptera -
heteroptera - a song of mating and territorial definition.
Track Listing:
1. spi 1
2. spi 2
3. spi 3
4. spi 4
5. spi 5
6. spi 6
7. yda
8 . tix
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