Requiem (Forlivesi)
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REQUIEM by Carlo Forlivesi
is an 8-channel electronic music
work composed in 1999 and subsequently revised in 2007. It is conceived as an acoustic rite, an electronic poem in three parts – Komm, Les pleurs and – separated by a period of silence. During a performance there is, in the darkness, an array of eight speakers with eight channels, to which correspond as many columns of light. It is requested that the composition end without applause. Through concrete and synthetic music this work comprises a selection of the sounds, developed electronically, of ritualistic objects used in various cultures around the world: little bells, pipes, glasses, matches, a rain stick, a dobachi (a ritual Japanese instrument), together with a chord played on a baroque violin from the Passacaglia
of Heinrich Biber. The central moments of Komm and of Les pleurs are, respectively, a reworking of the Motet BWV 229 by J.S. Bach (in retrograde and with altered tempo), which generates a syllabic though not textual signifier, and a quotation from a composition for viola da gamba of Monsieur de Sainte Colombe.
The work lasts 14:59.
Carlo Forlivesi
Carlo Forlivesi is an Italian composer, performer and researcher.Forlivesi was born in Faenza, Emilia-Romagna. He studied at Bologna Conservatory, Milan Conservatory and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia of Rome...
is an 8-channel electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
work composed in 1999 and subsequently revised in 2007. It is conceived as an acoustic rite, an electronic poem in three parts – Komm, Les pleurs and – separated by a period of silence. During a performance there is, in the darkness, an array of eight speakers with eight channels, to which correspond as many columns of light. It is requested that the composition end without applause. Through concrete and synthetic music this work comprises a selection of the sounds, developed electronically, of ritualistic objects used in various cultures around the world: little bells, pipes, glasses, matches, a rain stick, a dobachi (a ritual Japanese instrument), together with a chord played on a baroque violin from the Passacaglia
Passacaglia
The passacaglia is a musical form that originated in early seventeenth-century Spain and is still used by contemporary composers. It is usually of a serious character and is often, but not always, based on a bass-ostinato and written in triple metre....
of Heinrich Biber. The central moments of Komm and of Les pleurs are, respectively, a reworking of the Motet BWV 229 by J.S. Bach (in retrograde and with altered tempo), which generates a syllabic though not textual signifier, and a quotation from a composition for viola da gamba of Monsieur de Sainte Colombe.
The work lasts 14:59.