Ideja za projekt je nastala v letu 2022, ko je avtorica za prireditev po naročilu izdelala solistično točko na temo dvojčka. Skladbo je razvila v miksolidijskem modusu in jo strukturirala kot mestoma svobodno glasbeno izražanje - improvizacijo, mestoma pa kot strukturirano glasbeno misel - improvizacijo na predposneto partituro. Pozitiven odziv občinstva jo je navdihnil, da je v teku leta 2023 razvila 7 glasbenih miniatur - pokukov v svet različnih zvočnih predstav.

 

Vsaka izmed lestvic - sloneč na teoriji in zgodovini modalnih lestvih izhajajočih iz pojmovanja glasbe starih Grkov - prinaša namreč popolnoma svoje občutje. Zaznava in uporaba modusov v starogrški kulturi je avtorico povedla na pot raziskovanja notranjih premikov med improvizacijo in strukturiranjem skladb. Zaporedja poltonov in celih tonov, ki dajejo specifično barvo in občutje vsaki od sedmih lestvic pa ustvarjalko pretresajo v svoji arhaičnosti in lepoti.

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Niz miniatur je sestavljen iz predposnete zvočne podlage, mestoma naplastene v ritmične vzorce in močne kratke glasbene fraze, mestoma pa sestavljene iz ostinatnih delov ali melodičnih ponavaljočih se fraz, na katere bo inštrumentalistka v času predstave svobodno improvizirala na različna glasbila. Glasba se bo prelivala v gibanje, valovanje in poigravanje z ročno in iz naravnih barvil pobarvanimi tančicami, mojstrsko umeščenimi v prostor performansa. Lomi svetlobe bodo ustvarjali preplet med vidnim, slušnim in občutenim in v poslušalcih/gledalcih vzbudili spekter občutij, zaznav in lepote.  

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Vsebina: 7 modusov

dorski - frigijski - lidijski - miksolidijski - eolski - lokrijski - jonski

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zasedba glasbil: pihala

sopranino, sopran, alt, tenor, bas kljunasta flavta,

oboa in angleški rog

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Windplayer stories 
A journey to archaic sound and fabric scape. 
7 scales, 6 instruments, 3 fabrics, one wind - player, 
a live performance of music, movement through the installation

The music miniatures consist of a pre-recorded soundtrack, sometimes layered in rhythmic patterns and strong short musical phrases, and sometimes composed of ostinato sections or melodic repeated phrases, which the instrumentalist will freely improvise on various instruments during the performance. The music will be transformed into movement, undulations and play with hand-painted and natural dye veils, masterfully placed in the performance space. Refractions of light will create an interplay between the visible, the audible and the felt, evoking a spectrum of feelings, perceptions and beauty in the listeners/viewers.

 

The idea for the project was conceived in 2022 when the artist commissioned a solo piece on the theme of the Gemini for an event. She developed the piece in a Mixolydian mode and structured it as a free musical expression - improvisation and a structured musical thought - improvisation on a pre-recorded score. The audience's positive response inspired her to develop 7 musical miniatures - peeks into the world of different sound performances - over the course of 2023.

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Each of the scales - based on the theory and history of modal scales derived from the ancient Greeks' conception of music - brings a unique feeling. The perception and use of modus in ancient Greek culture led the author on a path of exploration of the internal shifts between improvisation and structuring of compositions. The sequences of semitones and whole tones that give a specific colour and feeling to each of the seven scales shock the artist in their archaic beauty. Those specific colours were an inspiration for Marijana K. D. to develop an installation responding to music, making veils from different materials (cotton, kalika, veils), dying them in natural colours. Different miniatures are connected to different colours, materials, lights. Performer walks and plays with veils during live improvisation. 

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Contents: the 7 modus

Doric - Phrygian - Lydian - Mixolydian - Aeolian - Locrian - Ionian​

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Instrumentation: wind instruments

sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, bass recorder,

oboe and English horn

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