Works

To Mateus Amaral

Post Scriptum Catharsis

Instrumentation (detailed)

Soloists	Percussion (Marimba [5octaves], Crotales, Gong)
Electronic / Electroacoustic	Live Electronics

Performer(s)

Composed between 2003 and 2006, "Script" is a mirror of my experience as "composer in research" at French institute IRCAM. The sound of a bass-marimba is constantly transformed, in real time, being approached to other percussive models - becoming a sort of electronic vibraphone, or a bell set, or even a harp. The basic idea in this piece is that every sound is "composed": no timber appears as in its original nature. Spectra are permanently distorted. Both the live transformations and the pre-recorded parts of the polyphony use the same timbers, as they also use the some harmonic and rhythmic elements. Formally, the last part - "Post Scriptum" - is a progressive lecture of a score with different levels of parenthesis. As the interpreter progresses in his reading, he introduces a new level, until he has achieved the entire "meaning" of the score. Sort of an open form within a closed path. "Script" is dedicated to my son Mateus Amaral. Pedro Amaral

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Script	Performance	2007/Sep/20	Miso Music Portugal - Música Viva 2007 Festival	Casa da Música - Concert Hall 2	Porto	Portugal	Pedro Carneiro (percussion) Jean-Marc Sullon (musical assistant)	Notes
Script	Partial premiere	2003/Sep/18	Música Viva Festival 2003		Coimbra	Portugal	Pedro Carneiro (percussion)	Notes	Partial premiére, with the title Post Scriptum
Partial premiére, with the title Post Scriptum
Script	Premiere	2005/Sep/20		Villa Medici	Rome	Italy	Pedro Carneiro (marimba)	Notes
Script	Performance	2005/Sep/21		Le Grenoble	Naples	Italy	Pedro Carneiro (marimba)	Notes
Script	Performance	2006/Apr/27		IRCAM	Paris	France	Pedro Carneiro (marimba)	Notes
Script	Performance	2007/Oct/13	Miso Music Season	French-Portuguese Institute	Lisbon	Portugal	Pedro Carneiro (marimba)	Notes

Documents
	Type (+ sub-type)	Cover/edition title Document title	Authors	Referring to	Publisher	Date
	Scores	Script		script Pedro Amaral