Body, Legs, Head.

for sinfonietta ensemble (1,1,1,1/1,1,1,0/pno,perc/1,1,1,1)
composed 1996; duration 12 minutes
commissioned by the CAPUT ensemble
world premiere Gulbenkian Festival, Lisbon, Portugal May 1997
CAPUT ensemble; Gudmundur Oli Gunnarson – conductor



The piece arises from an initial gesture, which is repeated insistently and subsequently split into parts and pieces in interdependent motion. A brief march-like intrusion conveys new energy, and a completely different music emerges, dark, heavy and pulsating. Signals, events, and gestures appear and intermingle in a joint expression, leading to a flow of music reminiscent of the inside of the brain where images drift around and prickling thoughts are born.

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