Works

Instrumentation (detailed)

Strings (plucked / bowed)

Violin, Violin, Viola, Cello

Performer(s) Notes

String Quartet N.1 (Imago) refers to the listening and transcription of sounds from a soundscape related to noise and vibration - normally segregated and not perceived. String Quartet N.1 (Imago) transcribes, reconfigures and choreographs actions of a soundscape, in a non-hierarchical approach, where a drop of water can be more audible than a waterfall, using a reduced palette of sounds, based on elements of resonance, timbre and texture, as discourse stratification agents. Added to this process is the isolation of sonic figures, addressing the approximation and deviation of the representation. The approximation figures intend to have a function close to mimesis, in an attempt to represent reality. The deviation figures undo this attempt at representation and take on an auratic meaning that blurs the original. Subjectivity has an important role in the transcription process, given that it reconfigures the represented element, questioning the limit of sonic sensitivity, through choreographic forms of transformation, gradual construction of sounds and contemplation of the represented subject.

Hugo Vasco Reis

Notes

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Quarteto de Cordas n.º 1 – Imago	Performance	2023/Jul/03		Seia's Conservatory Auditorium	Seia	Portugal	QCContemporâneo António Ramos e Clara Dias (violins), Diana Antunes (viola), Rogério Peixinho (cello)	Notes	Ritornello Cultural Association project
Ritornello Cultural Association project
Quarteto de Cordas n.º 1 – Imago	Premiere	2023/Jul/02		Monographic Museum of Conímbriga	Condeixa-a-Velha	Portugal	QCContemporâneo António Ramos e Clara Dias (violins), Diana Antunes (viola), Rogério Peixinho (cello)	Notes	Ritornello Cultural Association project
Ritornello Cultural Association project