PRIMORDIAL
works for solo cello and spoken word

Ana Sokolović: Danze II

Kaija Saariaho: Long Live Love (for Pascal Dusapin)

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John Cage: III. 1’20” (from 4’33”)

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Pascal Dusapin: Imago II

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Cage: I. 33” (from 4’33”)

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György Kurtág: Árnyak // Shadows

Kurtág: Ruhelos // Restless

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Cage: II. 2’40” (from 4’33”)

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Péter Eötvös: Two Poems to Polly for a speaking cellist

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Cage: At the Middle

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Paul Desenne: Jaguar Songs

1. Gitane

2. Tombeau pour L’Amazonie

3. Gavotte

4. Birimbao (prélude à “Jaguar”)

5. Jaguar Song

PRIMORDIAL is inspired by surrealism and rites. The music charts a course through the half-lit worlds of Sokolović and Saariaho, the surreal evocations of Dusapin and Kurtág, the ritualism of Eötvös, and the pulsating, subterranean electric-folk of Desenne. Forming the spine of this programme are fragments of works by John Cage. Even when performed at the height of noon, this music reflects the uncannily short, dark days leading to the winter solstice on December 21.