Opia
String quintet, wind quartet, percussion
Premiered by: Esbjerg Ensemble
2nd March 2018 ;
Syddansk Musikkonservatorium Esbjerg, Denmark
Instrumentation: 2 violins, viola, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, percussion
“Opia - n. the ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable—their pupils glittering, bottomless and opaque”
Performance Note:
Premiered by the Esbjerg Ensemble in tandem with Pulsar Festival 2018. An analysis work of the phenomenon 'opia' as coined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, defining neologisms for emotions that do not otherwise have a descriptive term. A sound portrait in the motion of music with sculpture of performers equally important to the tandem of sound production. Choreographic elements of performance form an equal counterpart of universal structuring and form.
