This work is part of the project 21 Pieces of the 21 Century by EMSCAN.
Instrumentation
Musical Category Solo
With live-electronics
Instrumentation (general) harp and electronics
Premiere
Date 2017/May/18
Performer(s)
Salomé Pais Matos
Organization/Event Arte no Tempo
Venue Ner Art Museum
Town Aveiro
Country Portugal
Program Notes
O lugar suspenso: awarded work, by Mariana Vieira, in 2017. It is an extraordinary harmony between electronics, its effects, and the sound of the harp. It contains the simplicity of suspended phrasing, harmonics, glissandos, among other fluidly conducted effects. It is a real duet, where it is difficult to understand where the sound of the harp ends and the electronics begins. It is an astute exploration of the sonority of the harp and its contemporary "voices".