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two songs. anne, germaine, koen, seamus, danya
danya pilchen
 
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danya pilchen
anne la berge (flute), germaine sijstermans (clarinet), seamus cater (harmonica), koen nutters (double bass), danya pilchen (piano)


 




danya pilchen
two songs. anne, germaine, koen, seamus, danya
 

01           song 1
02           song 2


anne la berge (flute), germaine sijstermans (clarinet), seamus cater (harmonica), koen nutters (double bass), danya pilchen (piano)


audio excerpt:

►  song 1  (22:26) 

 
 

 
 
two songs. anne, germaine, seamus, koen, danya is part of a series of pieces under the name of songs i have been working on for the past few years. in the series, i explore the possibilities of making and experiencing time through attentive listening and the interaction of musicians

in this piece, i focused on creating a dialogue between two measures of time, both built around the materiality of making a sound. in the first song, the temporal organisation grows out of the durations of decaying sounds of the piano and double bass. in the second, the wind players’ breathing becomes the larger-scale measure of time, coming into a dialogue with the decaying sounds

we learned to share one breath between the ensemble and use the resonance of our instruments to amplify each other’s sounds. listening to the room’s resonance also played a role in the piece’s unfolding. i composed this piece in close collaboration with the participating musicians: anne, germaine, seamus, and koen. their art- istry and personalities shaped the way the piece sounds



acknowledgements
i want to thank the musicians who participated in this project, anne la berge and splendor amsterdam for mak- ing both the premiere and this recording possible, hidde kramer for the invaluable help with the recording pro- cess, and antoine beuger and edition wandelweiser records for making this release a reality

special thanks to all the early donors who pre-ordered this cd. it is with your help that this album can see the light of day