For: 4 violins, 4 violas, 4 celli
Performed by: Students at the Danish Royal Acadamy of music.
This piece builds around the idea of music moving around in physical space. The musicians are set up in a specific pattern (see picture) with the celli in the middle and the violins and violas around them in a circle. The listeners are placed in the space between the celli-group and the higher strings. The celli and violins have counteracting parts which means that the play against each other.
It should be apparent for the listener that when the violins play louder they “press back” the celli and vice versa. This is however very hard to hear in a recording and it will also be perceived differently depending on the listeners placement. This “in and out-movement” later becomes a sideward movement. The violas have a circular movement , which means that the material moves between the different players in a circular motion, a movement that also changes tempo.
The actual movement off the sound is being achieved by dynamic changes, timbre changes and shifts between playing and not playing.
The last part of the piece has a chaotic movement and the material becomes less structured.
