Aspasia Nasopoulou
Square-Oblong
Ten Dipoles is a series of ten musical miniatures inspired by oppositions which, according to pre-Aristotelian philosophy, give rise to all existing things (like left- right, dark-light, straight-bent). It was composed for Seldom Sene recorders Quintet and 10 Free Aerophones designed and made by Horst Rickes and Ernst Dullemond.
Square–Oblong
No. 9 from Ten Dipoles (2016)
Music/Installation (dur.35 min)
Performed by Seldom Sene Recorder Quintet
Stephanie Brandt • Ruth Dyson • Hester Groenleer • Eva Lio • María Martínez Ayerza
Recorders by Paetzold by Kunath
To bring out the idea of these pairs of opposites throughout the composition, 46 different recorders are used – selected out of the wide-ranging instrument collection of Seldom Sene. The complete work is to be heard in the album "Not a Single Road"
(Brilliant Classics 95956 • September 2019)
Video: Chris Everts Media
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