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Festival Archip—elles 2019

Eva Reiter

Irrlicht  (2012)  #10’
pour neuf instruments et électronique

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  3. Works
    • Aeschlimann-Roth: Eile mit…
    • Ali: Focus No.3
    • Alsina: Les rêves circulai…
    • Arias Parra: Présentation…
    • Bång: Arching
    • Bång: Split Rudder
    • Boo: Pentamerone
    • Calame: Swing
    • Canat de Chizy: L'Invisibl…
    • Canat de Chizy: Paradiso
    • Canat de Chizy: Véga
    • Cerezo Dávila: What are ma…
    • Chin: Graffiti
    • Cleare: fiáin
    • Crawford-Seeger: String Qu…
    • Czernowin: Ayre: Towed thr…
    • Denner: engrave III & V
    • Eimermacher: Hommage an de…
    • Fernandez Garcia: Présenta…
    • Ferreyra: Les Larmes de l'…
    • Finzi: Bruyères à l’automn…
    • Finzi: L'Ange d'acier
    • Garifzyanova: Aurora Borea…
    • Gee: Mouthpiece I
    • Gee: Mouthpiece X
    • Goubaïdoulina: Musikalisch…
    • Goubaïdoulina: Quatuor
    • Goubaïdoulina: Sonate
    • Gualandi: Still love songs
    • Guillemin-Poeuf: Présentat…
    • Hettne: Bells and Tides
    • Hron: Beast Calls: Susi Sp…
    • Huber: Miniaturen
    • Iannotta: Limun
    • Irman: Zahlen
    • Jacquet de la Guerre: Prél…
    • Jacquet de la Guerre: Prél…
    • Jolas: De Nuit, deux chant…
    • Jolas: Une Journée de Gada…
    • Kokcharova: The Ebbinghaus…
    • Korobkova: «biy»: mantra f…
    • Korsun: Plexus
    • Lang: moving objects | nº…
    • Lin: Isolarion
    • Marino: Rot Blau
    • Meierhans: Pixel
    • Mochizuki: La Chambre clai…
    • Monk: Stringsongs
    • Mundry: Eure Augen
    • Mundry: Textile Nacht
    • Muñoz Bravo: Présentation…
    • Nakamura: Derniers Soleils
    • Nemtsov: Lobgesang
    • Nurulla-Khoja: Se...
    • Ojeda-García: Présentation…
    • Oliveros: Four Meditations
    • Palá i Nossas: Romance for…
    • Papalexandri-Alexandri: mo…
    • Papalexandri-Alexandri: So…
    • Reiter: Alle Verbindungen…
    • Reiter: Irrlicht
    • Richer: Sonorité
    • Riseman: Shliglugim
    • Romitelli: Seascape
    • Rykova: You exist, I am an…
    • Saariaho: Ciel étoilé
    • Saariaho: Graal théâtre
    • Saariaho: Nymphea
    • Saariaho: Serenata
    • Saariaho: Trois rivières
    • Schaff: I want to eat his…
    • Semoroz: We Need Space
    • Skrzypczak: Vier Figuren
    • Soto: DJ Set
    • Strozzi: Che si può fare?
    • Strozzi: Lagrimae mie
    • Tarkiainen: …ja alkivat la…
    • Thomas: Die vierbeinige Kr…
    • Tian: Never-ending Journey
    • Ustvolskaïa: Sonate n°1
    • Walshe: This is why people…
    • Zhu: The vanishing chant
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In concert
N'oublions pas le son de la lumière - 03.29 8pm

From the inside towards the outside: in Irrlicht, the sounds of the various instruments emerge from the differentiation of their sound articulations, from either the change at the start (attacks, 'impure' transitions and consonance), or the end of the sounds (cuts, sudden or slow disappearances), as well as a specific phrase inspired by the sound and melody of the human voice. Meanwhile, we discover sounds that are complex, atypical and unusual; they are obtained from the preparations and/or techniques of particular games. The wide range of noises forms a significant part in the orchestra; the sounds tend to make the instrumental characteristics disappear. In addition, the targeted placing of microphones induces meaningful fraying or strengthening of the details of the sounds, producing an unusual spatialisation of instruments in the ensemble's tone. During the pieces, some instruments gradually render 'spoken' passages. In this discourse made up of phonemes, the syllables are combinations of vowels and consonants, and take the place of the notes and their articulations. This 'informal rhetoric' material is sometimes organised as a speech, or as a rant, a stammer or a stutter. The piece is organised so that the musicians must put down their instruments and use a variety of funnels,

tubes and pipes. However, the basis of the articulation of the syllables and phonemes remains a purely musical structure. To erase the meaning of the syllables, a dynamic that is contrary to their meaning is used: the syllables and their meaning enter into a relationship of counterpoint. As indicated by the frequent clear sounds that form this composition, Irrlicht is not only something induced with multiple errors in the listener, but also a game with its associations, such as flashes corresponding to the short moments when sounds appear. Moreover, the title reminds us of the world of metaphors, where will-o'-the-wisps are ghost lights seen at night in marshes and bogs. To this day, there is no conclusive scientific explanation for this rare phenomenon, rather the given reasons link traditional mythology and superstition. According to tradition, earth spirits use sudden lights to incite exhausted walkers to follow them, leading them astray. However, this minor metaphor is the only thing cutting short the momentum of this ideal of a blank sheet of paper with neither apparent title nor pre-existing concept, nor even a clue to content. For the few minutes that the piece lasts, Irrlicht is not a phenomenon but a state of mind.

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