Densité de présence

Type: Digital score (PDF)

Information

For 8 female voices and 5 violoncellos

Instrument(s): 8voices-5vc

Text by: without text

Score (p.): 44

Composed in: 2022

Year of Publication: 2024

Publisher: Music Information Centre Lithuania

ISMN: 979-0-59991-636-3

Product ID: eLMIC 2436

The work was commissioned by the Melos - New Vocal Music Collective in 2022

In the book "When We Cease To Understand The World" by Chilean writer Benjamin Labatut, I encountered the French phrase "densité de probabilité de présence"(density of probability of presence) which became the philosophical and textural idea for this piece. The metaphor of “density of being” was translated into the realm of sounds. Having the opportunity to compose for such an unusual combination of two monochromatic layers - 8 female voices and 5 cellos, I was focusing not only on the color of the sound, but also the density of it as one of the structural parameters. The perceived density of sound depends on how many instruments and voices are present at a given moment. In the piece I use various gradations of this aspect. Another poetic and symbolic association connected to this piece, occurred completely unexpectedly, when tasting traditional Lithuanian rye bread. I've noticed its dense texture which is so different from commercially baked bread. As though one slice contained the density of our existence. One slice was more than enough. After eating it, one feels as though biting into the very essence of being and tasting the nature of reality....