Opacities premier May 2024 at The Swedish History Museum History.
Performed and commissioned by percussionist Magdalena Meitzner.
Excerpt of noise texture with soft contra bass bow and metal stick
Excerpt of noise texture with two contra bass bows
Excerpt of noise texture with two timpani mallets, 1 medium hard mallet and crushed glass
Excerpt of noise texture with two glass marbles
Score
Cover sheet
Recording session of Opacities at Elektronmusikstudion, EMS
Percusionist Magdalena Meitzner at recording session of Opacities at Elektronmusikstudion, EMS
Mallets, bows, crushed and nroken glass, crystal pinners
Opacities work in progress set up, residency at Öland.
All crushed and broken glass pieces where specially chosen for their acoustics.
Opacities
Opacities is a sound composition consisting of glass and crystal commissioned by percussionist Magdalena Meitzner in 2022. Durata 20 min.
The piece consists of thin glass plates in various sizes prepared with contact microphones (built by artist Jez Riley) and broken and crushed glass, marbles and crystal objects. I was inspired by both the fragility and delicacy of the material as well as its sharpness and transparency.
I collected a big amount of glass object and researched the material for a longer time to come to the final set up and instrument sculpture. Then followed a period of more research of sound possibilities and contemporary and extended playing techniques together with Magdalena.
The piece was premiered 12 of May 2024 at Swedish History Museum in Stockholm in a production by the organisation Samtida Musik.
Program text in Swedish: Med utgångspunkt i en inre bild av genomskinlighet har jag sökt skapa skira, ömtåliga och svepande klanger av ljus. Transparenta texturer, kraschade rytmer och krossade kluster, spruckna, skarpa strukturer.