Cities And Memory

I composed this piece in an attempt to understand trance. I sought to merge specific leitmotifs and elements,embedding them within a classical orchestral context. This purely intuitive and emotional act, guided by the sensations inspired by the sound archive, follows no predefined methodology other than that narrated by improvisation itself, as articulated by the archive. The guiding thread is clearly the archive, serving both as a foundation of respect and as a compass for the composer. At eight distinct moments, sliding sounds of bowed strings emerge, followed like a shadow by a frenzied percussion that articulates an almost inhuman cadence. By placing these two sonic environments in contrast, the restraint of the classical orchestral language and the unbridled surge of ritual, I believe a union is established between two styles which, though articulated differently, pursue the same aspiration, the transcendental, the absolutely spiritual, intertwining and mutually illuminating one another.In order to avoi