Ur (2010)
Data
Septet for two violins, viola, cello and percussion trio.
Duration: 14 minutes approx.
Published at BabelScores/Paris
Work commissioned by the Department of Culture of the Basque Government.
World-premiere in Madrid by Arditti Quartet and Neopercusión Trio on May 24th 2011.
Commentary
This work consists of three movements.
From the beginning of the first movement we hear the generating element of the entire work: the “curved” line, which expands and compresses in time and in sound space.
We will also hear, by way of contrast, rapid groups of notes, which arise from the idea of the disintegration of the sound line.
These two elements will be the protagonists in the next two movements, the line in the second movement and the groups of notes in the final movement.
Throughout the entire work we will hear different sound planes, main voices and secondary voices, sound objects and their echoes… in a world of perspectives and lights and shadows of sound.