Leilit by Yuval Avital video & electronics extract - participating lizenta vocal ensemble

LEILIT by Yuval Avital

For a Recorders Consort :Contrabass in Fa, Bass in Do, Bass in Fa, Tenor, Soprano & 2 Sopranino; Accordion Consort (7 elements); Piano; Bowed piano; Improvising soloist; 2 Keis Cantors (live or tape) & Video.

World Premiere : Romaeuropa festival | 26/10/2011| TEATRO PALLADIUM | ROMA | 20:30

Leilit | the Keis & Beta Israel | about the composition | photo gallery | audio | video | credits


Leilit in Geèz language mean "night". This composition, in one aspect is a multi media nocturne, a night piece, a journey from sunset to sunrise. In another aspect it is a journey to the Beta Israel culture, the protagonists of this work. Leilit is also a research of delicate synthesis between ancient oral traditions, contemporary music and multi media, which manifest the art of composition in its epistemological meaning.

In the piece there are four vectorial semantic themes that are nested one into the other, all regarding different symbolic meanings of the night :


1 - The night as a journey between the concrete reality toward a higher mystical perception, symbolized by the Keis.
2 - The night as a journey in the oblivion of memory, symbolized by interviews regarding the life in Ethiopia.

3 - The night as a journey in the darkness, symbolized by interviews regarding the journey from Ethiopia to Sudan.
4 - The night as container of dream, fantasy, and a deep connection with hidden part of one's consciousness, symbolized by lullabies & story-telling.

While the semantic themes appear through the visual part of the work, the musical part creates a more abstract expression of these concepts. In the music there is a research of poetic ambients, created by the ensemble, in relation to the soloists, which represent an individual. In the score the soloists perform almost independently from the ensemble, which is composed of 7 recorders and 7 accordions, orchestrated as opposing antiphonal wind consorts, which face each other in a tight counterpoint.




Another important component of the piece is the piano part, which function both as an obbligato soloist, as a percussive instrument, and a a source of a large variety of timbers. In fact, in a certain part of the score, 8 of the musicians are playing inside the piano, using bow piano technique that allows continuous sounds production.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• yuval avital
• contemporary music
• video art
• live electronics
• beta israel
• ethiopian jews
• africa
• accordions
• recorders
• romaeuropa festival
• maga global arts

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