Epiclesis (composition)
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Epiclesis is a composition for flute by Juan Maria Solare
(Cologne, 25–30 September 1995) [Duration: 4:30].
In the preface to the score, the composer refers to the Mathnawi of Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi as an inspiration of this piece. The title, Epiclesis, is to be understood as "Invocation", "specifically the invocation to the divine strength and power."
The piece makes use of the so called extended techniques: pizzicato, glissando, overtones (harmonics), multiphonics and "Paukeneffekt" (tongue ram). According to the score, Solare's Epiclesis should be played on as "bass" a flute as is available (contrabass flute, bass, alto, soprano flute).
Epiclesis achieved the Second Honorific Mention in the First National Competition "Juan Carlos Paz", organized in 1996 by the Fondo Nacional de las Artes (National Endowment for the Arts) in Argentina (category "piece for unaccompanied instrument"). Jury: Salvador Ranieri, María Teresa Luengo and Fernando González Casella. It was also finalist at the competition "Rarescale / Royal College of Music", London, 2004.
Epiclesis is Solare's first piece for unaccompanied flute
. Up to 2009 he has written round ten pieces for flute solo.
Juan María Solare
Juan María Solare is an Argentine composer and pianist.-Education:Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Solare studied and received his diploma in piano , composition and conducting at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música Carlos López Buchardo...
(Cologne, 25–30 September 1995) [Duration: 4:30].
In the preface to the score, the composer refers to the Mathnawi of Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi as an inspiration of this piece. The title, Epiclesis, is to be understood as "Invocation", "specifically the invocation to the divine strength and power."
The piece makes use of the so called extended techniques: pizzicato, glissando, overtones (harmonics), multiphonics and "Paukeneffekt" (tongue ram). According to the score, Solare's Epiclesis should be played on as "bass" a flute as is available (contrabass flute, bass, alto, soprano flute).
Epiclesis achieved the Second Honorific Mention in the First National Competition "Juan Carlos Paz", organized in 1996 by the Fondo Nacional de las Artes (National Endowment for the Arts) in Argentina (category "piece for unaccompanied instrument"). Jury: Salvador Ranieri, María Teresa Luengo and Fernando González Casella. It was also finalist at the competition "Rarescale / Royal College of Music", London, 2004.
Epiclesis is Solare's first piece for unaccompanied flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
. Up to 2009 he has written round ten pieces for flute solo.
Known performances
- First performed by Thomas Brögger at the Musikhochschule in CologneCologneCologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
on 26 January 1996. - Performed again by Thomas Brögger at the Städtischen Museum in Gelsenkirchen (Germany) on 28/FEB/1996.
- Performed by Tatjana Morozov on May 27, 1998 at the auditorium "Freie Kammerspiele Köln", in Cologne (Germany).
- Northamerican first performance by Christine Perea on 15/FEB/2003 at the A.R.T./New York's South Oxford Space (Brooklyn, New York), in the frame of the project "Love and Loss" organized by the association Vox NovusVox NovusVox Novus is an organization promoting contemporary composers. Founded by Robert Voisey in 2000 This organization was created for the purposes of expanding the presence of contemporary music in the public's vision, empowering composers and contemporary musicians to create, produce, and promote...
and Birmingham Art Music Alliance. - Italian first performance: Ana Ligia Mastruzzo at the School of Music in TriesteTriesteTrieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
on 15/SEP/2005.