Rei Munakata: "Silver Arrow into the Snow (2009)"

Curious Chamber Players, October 30th 2009, Capitol Stockholm

Curious Chamber Players (Martin Strand/vibraphone, Anna Christensson/piano, Malin Bång/beer cans, Adina Sabin/cello) perform Rei Munakata's composition "Silver Arrow into the Snow (2009)" during project Swedish Ears Abroad.
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About the piece:
["Silverpilen (Silver arrow)" is a ghost subway train circulating in Stockholm metro. Unlike the other hundreds of model C5 metro trains painted in green and blue, Silverpilen is the only train that has not been painted. The urban legend claims that only the dead takes this train and gets off at Kymlinge, abandoned ghost metro station].

Instrumentation:
- Vibraphone with conducting batons
- Piano prepared with blankets and beer cans with conducting batons
- Aluminum Beer Can Player with conducting baton
- Cello with conducting baton

Category:

Music

Tags:

• contemporary
• experimental
• music
• ensemble
• new
• sweden
• stockholm
• silver
• arrow
• into
• the
• snow