- Abstractive extensive studies
- Three situation studies
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Three measurement studies
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Greenwich House, 1957
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At every instant, seeing reason to believe as much, and not being able to satisfy himself of the contrary, he should conceive himself to be so.
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Timecode studies
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Edgar Varèse and the Jazzmen
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Piano Reductions
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Luftlinien
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performer-specific piece for solo guitar and slightly delayed amplification
2019
performer-specific piece for solo guitar and slightly delayed amplification
2019
The piece, composed of long tremolo notes on several strings, is intentionally challenging to play (if not impossible to execute perfectly). The premeditated failure to deliver a faithful rendition of the score is meant to reveal the performer's specific physical traits, making them distinctly apparent during the performance. Each flawed interpretation of the score is therefore unique to him and can be seen as expressing him concretely in parallel with the structural components of the composition.
The use of slightly delayed amplification, with its source placed at a different point in the performance space, serves to highlight the imperfect playing. The tremolos tend to merge into a single sonic thread, while the punctual voluntary or involuntary events are emphasized.
performances:
29.05.2019 / CPMDT-Studio D’Agostini, Geneva
13.12.2019 / ZHdK-Konzertsaal 1, Zürich
performer: Nelson Javet
score