Avant-garde Organ
by Cláudio de Pina
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Composition 1960 n.º 7
06:34
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Composition 1960 n.º 10
01:13
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Étude n.º 1 - Harmonies
09:51
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Étude n.º 2 - Coulée
03:28
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General Bass
06:16
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Rrrrrrrr... (I, VIII)
06:23
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Organ2/ASLSP (III, V)
06:49
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ASLSP (II, VI)
06:25
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Composition 1960 n.º 15
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4'33''
04:59
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about
The connection between these works is subtle. Nevertheless, there is an incessant search for a new sonic language, breaking an imposed norm of a secular legacy. The organ, an apparatus that is the sum total of wind, pipes and keys, becomes bigger with the imagination of those who operate it. It is a device that incites the audacity of its operator, rivalling the sonic potential of any modern instrument. This is my contribution: using a Portuguese organ that is over 200 years old in an avant-garde repertoire from the 60s.
Notes:
• Music adaptation for the historical Portuguese organ of the Ajuda Parish, Lisbon. Built in the 18th century by António Xavier Machado e Cerveira, restored in 1988 by António Simões.
• For the realization of these works, several interpretations and non-orthodox functionalities were used, called extended techniques. Atypical sounds of the organ that add to the already wide range of acoustics of the instrument. The listener is invited to a sonic journey into the organ's visceral world.
• It is possible to listen to this album in binaural mode, just by using headphones. You can enjoy the stereo version on any sound system.
Datasheet: DPA microphones kindly provided by CESEM. Aditional microphones by LOM. Haun OSS Jecklin disk, fishing sinkers Caperlan and ohashi.
Mastering, recording, production and edition: Cláudio de Pina
Production assistance and additional photos: Rosário Cadete
CD Design: Tatiana Bina
Cover artwork: water colour on paper by Francisco Cadete
Scores: from Schott Music, Universal Edition and Edition Peters.
Acknowledgements: GDA Foundation, Culture Ministry, CESEM, 9 Musas and Ajuda Parish.
"La représentation mentale de machines monstrueuses, sans finalité, qui engloutissent le temps et bourdonnent avec un implacable constance puis se taisent tout à coup de manière inanttendue." (Ligeti, 1969)
Digital booklet:
www.claudiodepina.com/booklet.html
Notes:
• Music adaptation for the historical Portuguese organ of the Ajuda Parish, Lisbon. Built in the 18th century by António Xavier Machado e Cerveira, restored in 1988 by António Simões.
• For the realization of these works, several interpretations and non-orthodox functionalities were used, called extended techniques. Atypical sounds of the organ that add to the already wide range of acoustics of the instrument. The listener is invited to a sonic journey into the organ's visceral world.
• It is possible to listen to this album in binaural mode, just by using headphones. You can enjoy the stereo version on any sound system.
Datasheet: DPA microphones kindly provided by CESEM. Aditional microphones by LOM. Haun OSS Jecklin disk, fishing sinkers Caperlan and ohashi.
Mastering, recording, production and edition: Cláudio de Pina
Production assistance and additional photos: Rosário Cadete
CD Design: Tatiana Bina
Cover artwork: water colour on paper by Francisco Cadete
Scores: from Schott Music, Universal Edition and Edition Peters.
Acknowledgements: GDA Foundation, Culture Ministry, CESEM, 9 Musas and Ajuda Parish.
"La représentation mentale de machines monstrueuses, sans finalité, qui engloutissent le temps et bourdonnent avec un implacable constance puis se taisent tout à coup de manière inanttendue." (Ligeti, 1969)
Digital booklet:
www.claudiodepina.com/booklet.html
credits
released June 5, 2022
György Ligeti, La Monte Young, John Cage, Mauricio Kagel.
György Ligeti, La Monte Young, John Cage, Mauricio Kagel.
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Cláudio de Pina Lisbon, Portugal
Sound artist, improviser, organist and composer.
FCT research fellow, MA, DAS and PhD candidate.
Avant-garde Bard of Sorts
discography
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Jun 2022 -
Mar 2020 -
Mar 2020
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