carapace 23.7
2000
for piccolo, grand & alto flute (quarter tone flutes - brannen kingsma system )
13 min.
In a choral piece of mine based on a collection of texts (Carapace*23) by (mostly) South African poets the image of a number of people crossing at a traffic intersection provided an important point of departure.
The individuals, like the poets, having interests as different as their backgrounds, each existing in their own world (shell?), sometimes interacting while passing or bumping into one another, sometimes just finding themselves in the same place as an other (like it or not).
In the flute piece a rural layer has been superimposed over the urban map of the choral piece, the flautist also bringing some extra's to the party as she travels through this mixed landscape.
2000
for piccolo, grand & alto flute (quarter tone flutes - brannen kingsma system )
13 min.
In a choral piece of mine based on a collection of texts (Carapace*23) by (mostly) South African poets the image of a number of people crossing at a traffic intersection provided an important point of departure.
The individuals, like the poets, having interests as different as their backgrounds, each existing in their own world (shell?), sometimes interacting while passing or bumping into one another, sometimes just finding themselves in the same place as an other (like it or not).
In the flute piece a rural layer has been superimposed over the urban map of the choral piece, the flautist also bringing some extra's to the party as she travels through this mixed landscape.