二首中国诗 [Two chinese poems] for double bass, percussion and live electronics (2018) - Guillem Góngora
二首中国诗 [Two Chinese Poems] (2018), for double bass, percussion and live electronics is a two movement piece, 花非花 [The bloom is not a bloom] and 櫻花落盡階前月 [Beneath the moon, before the steps, all cherry blossom has fallen], inspired by the following two homonymous poems: The bloom is not a bloom, The mist not mist. At midnight she comes, And goes again at dawn. She comes like a spring dream - how long will she stay? She goes like morning cloud, without a trace. Beneath the moon, before the steps, all cherry blossom has fallen, Enwreathed in smoke, she looks sorrowful lying in bed. She feels the same regret today as one long year ago. Both braids like clouds in disarray, her face is wan and sallow, The crimson corset wet from wiping tears. But what's the reason she suffers? She lies in a drunken dream before the window. These poems are taken as an inspiration for the music, grasping the movement, tempo, images of the words and converting them into sound. Jelte van Andel (double bass) Tim van Klompenburg (percussion) Guillem Góngora (electronics) Performed by Ensemble Insomnio in Muziekhuis Utrecht.
二首中国诗 [Two Chinese Poems] (2018), for double bass, percussion and live electronics is a two movement piece, 花非花 [The bloom is not a bloom] and 櫻花落盡階前月 [Beneath the moon, before the steps, all cherry blossom has fallen], inspired by the following two homonymous poems: The bloom is not a bloom, The mist not mist. At midnight she comes, And goes again at dawn. She comes like a spring dream - how long will she stay? She goes like morning cloud, without a trace. Beneath the moon, before the steps, all cherry blossom has fallen, Enwreathed in smoke, she looks sorrowful lying in bed. She feels the same regret today as one long year ago. Both braids like clouds in disarray, her face is wan and sallow, The crimson corset wet from wiping tears. But what's the reason she suffers? She lies in a drunken dream before the window. These poems are taken as an inspiration for the music, grasping the movement, tempo, images of the words and converting them into sound. Jelte van Andel (double bass) Tim van Klompenburg (percussion) Guillem Góngora (electronics) Performed by Ensemble Insomnio in Muziekhuis Utrecht.