Hacia el iris tornasol (2020)

World premiere: 10 July 2020, Rondò Festival, Divertimento Ensemble Academy (IDEA Masterclass).
Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy.

Dedicated to and performed by Daniele Valabrega (viola).

duration: ca. 9′

instrumentation: solo viola

Program note
A vast and immense plain on a mountain. There are two parallel planes: in plane (1) there is a being that is “burning” and slowly moving forward and upward. In plane (2) there is a cobweb.

A petal falls on the web, causing vibrations of different and considerable intensities. As this happens, some steles of petals filter into plane (1) and produce three distinct “strangulations” in the being, which then undergoes dense drownings due to the vibration of the cobweb from plane (2). The first vibration is small, corresponding to the first fallen petal; the second is a little more intense, and the third even more so.

In plane (2), a second petal falls, producing a vibration of lesser strength than the first, causing a deep and sharp drowning in the being of plane (1). Then, the being begins to burn with more intensity and brightness to undergo a second drowning, more intense and almost brilliant. This now causes, on the contrary, a very large oscillatory and vibrating movement on plane (2), bringing the web to its maximum expansion. At the same time, in plane (1), the being undergoes a final convulsion and is consumed in a large litmus vortex.

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