COMPOSITIONS / CHAMBER / PASCAL (2020)
Pascal (2020)
For SEPTET
- 11 min
- Donemus Publishing
- February, 2020
PASCAL is inspired by the movement of air (and thereby the creation of wind) from high to low pressure, according to the law of Buys-Ballot (Pascal is the metric unit for measuring Air Pressure). In the piece I tried to translate the speed and pressure of air to rhythm and harmony. In this way a high air pressure translates to harmonies where the pitches are close together: (clusters around the middle C on the piano). Low pressure translates to pitches that are far away from each other (extremely high and low sounds).
First performance
| Ensemble | Norrbotten NEO |
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| Conductor | Baldur Brönniman |
General information
| Instrumentation | Flute, Clarinet, Percussion, Piano, Violin, Viola and Violoncello |
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| Commissioned by | Sveriges Radio and the International Music Council |
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