Program notes
Recuerdos del Alambre was written for Early Music specialist Rubén Riera. The work interrogates the sound imagery of the Baroque period through sampling and digital manipulation of Riera's own recordings of Canarios (1675) by Gaspar Sanz. Three sound categories were created to evoke the Baroque:
slow onset sounds with tonal content to reinforce modal harmony; short sounds with an unstable onset that recall the harpsichord, virginal and spinet, including sound artefacts that reveal the performer's instrumental gesture in the original sample; and sounds with rhythmic content to create motor-patterns and temporary contrapuntal textures.
In the instrumental part, I chose to include the mannerisms of the theorbo as much as possible, while the details of ornamentation are Riera's originals. The work is in essence a triptych that includes a brief acousmatic portion in the middle.
— Julio d'Escriván
Instrumentation, duration & purchase
Recuerdos del Alambre — 2005 (theorbo & electronics) · 11:40 · one movement
- Score — $20.00
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