Driven by an urge to find ways of combining the quiet, tactile spaces I have been becoming increasingly fond of with something more forceful and volatile, Wege & Waldstille in some ways combines ideas from various strands of my work from the last couple of years. In trying to frame liminal, delicate soundworlds with more sharply contrasting material, it is hopefully possible to cause those seemingly still and fragile environments to find their own forcefulness, to provide a strikingly powerful space in their quietude.
Wege & Waldstille was written for Psappha and was premiered on Friday 30th April 2010 alongside works by fellow University of Manchester postgraduate composers Soojung Park, Josh Kopeček, Mauricio Pauly and Yvonne Eccles.
An HD video of the Psappha performance is available here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxn2TUK9760
www.chrisswithinbank.net/2010/04/wegen-und-waldstille/
released 30 April 2010
Chris Swithinbank — composer
Psappha —
www.psappha.com
Dov Goldberg — clarinet
Tim Williams — percussion
Richard Casey — piano
Chris Hoyle — cello
Live recording from Psappha 'Beat the Rush Hour' Concert at the University of Manchester, 30 April 2010.