Freeze!

Instrumentation:
flute, bass clarinet & cello (original version from 2019)

Duration:
8’30”

First performance:
ensemble recherche
17.4.2019, Helsinki, Finland

Year:
2019

Program notes:

”Freeze” deals with movement, time, reaction and rituals. As a starting point for the piece, I used several videos and scenes from samurai cinema, whose flowing movement and rhythm fascinated me. While composing I asked myself, how could material from other medium transfer into music?
The person appearing on the video is a Japanese martial artist and film choreographer Yoshio Sugino, who was working on films like Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.