C H I A R O S C U R O

Most of us know the term chiaroscuro as one of the prominent painting techniques from the Renaissance. Literally translated from Italian into English as light-dark, this method of applying bold contrasts was used to create depth in the representation of an image. The pith of this approach to light lies in the interplay of appearing and disappearing; what is exposed, what is hidden? This observation appealed to me musically and became the point of departure for this composition. The mechanics of gradually revealing and concealing shape the framework in which two textural layers shift back and forth in unsynchronised cycles that progressively move towards synchronisation. 

Performed by Bert Van Stam.
Recording of live performance on 1st of October in Maranatha Church, The Hague, NL.

CHIAROSCURO

performance Jelmer de Moed
recording Matthijs de Ruijter

Dyadic Landscapes

live recording @ orgelpark, Amsterdam 03 june 2023

Outline Of A Whisper

Shared Space

Look! See!
Can you see?
Can you see the world around me?
Since I cannot see you here.

Around me,
Surroundings have changed,
It’s only your absence I can see.

Do we somewhere still
share the same clouds? 
The same wind?
Look! Can you see?
Do we still admire the same rivers?  
The same trees?

I can’t see,
I can’t hear anymore.

But when I look beyond my fear.
There where I cannot reach with eyes or ears,
I see, I hear, our shared space,
My memory has seized you.

And I let myself float away in a river of memories.

Can you hear the wind?


text and composition: Amarante Nat
conductor: Fokko Oldenhuis
choir: Neon Koor

In Our Shared Space

This composition was made for de Opera van de Vallende Mens / the Opera of Falling. A virtual reality opera installation initiated by director Céline Daemen.

Concept, Direction: Celine Daemen.
Art Director: Aron Fels
Text: Olivier Herter
Voice: Sterre Konijn
Recording: Wouter Snoei

opera of falling

Amarante Nat
composer / vocalist

[ feeling comfortable in the poetry of spaces, listening through movement ]

https://www.amarantenat.nl/

moonstone

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