Name: until the last drop of sound by Matthias Boss
Duration: 4 min 21 s
Description: percussion (digital piano), piano (digital piano), violin: matthias boss

Sers - 3 (Pifarély : Rabbia)

percussion (digital piano), piano (digital piano), violin: matthias boss

until the last drop of sound

Solitude Quartet is an expressive and multi-layered composition, premiered by the Silesian String Quartet and vocalist Iga Kozacka. Commissioned by NOSPR, this piece is a reflection of the pandemic period and the suspended state of existence it brought, immersing listeners in three distinct emotional realms – frozen moments of introspection and longing.

The work opens with the solo string section in Inferno (Piekło), a movement characterized by rhythmic repetition that evokes the torment of days blending into one another. The piece then transitions to Cleansing (Oczyszczenie), where the music shifts, incorporating a voice that echoes themes of purification and resilience. In this section, the music alternates between English and Polish to enhance the aural texture, matching the nuances of language to the musical narrative.

The final movement, Absolution (Rozgrzeszenie), culminates in an emotionally charged journey, blending acoustic and electroacoustic elements to illustrate a catharsis that is both personal and collective. The movement captures the perseverance and the longing for resolution, concluding with a powerful portrayal of release and acceptance.

Originally planned for a 2021 premiere but delayed due to the pandemic, Solitude Quartet is dedication to the Silesian String Quartet. Premiered at NOSPR, Katowice, Poland  during by Silesian String Quartet and Iga Kozacka. 

Fragment1Clips Solitude Quartett

telegraph pole
toppled down by
the tempest

Regarded as the father of contemporary haiku, Masaoka Shiki was a poet and literary critic during the Meiji period Japan.

He advocated realistic observation by “sketching” (shasei) poems and going out into nature with notebooks, thus abandoning the traditional subjects of haiku of the time. His advice for an aspiring poet was, “Use both imaginary pictures and real ones, but prefer the real ones.”

Haiku by Masaoka Shiki



Toppled (naviarhaiku566)

Wet Ink Large Ensemble
live at Roulette, 9/30/13

Erin Lesser, flute
Steve Lehman, saxophone
Alex Mincek, saxophone
Sara Schoenbeck, bassoon
Peter Evans, trumpet
Jacob Garchik, trombone
Dan Peck, tuba
Kate Soper, voice
Ian Antonio, percussion
Russell Greenberg, percussion
Eric Wubbels, piano
Josh Modney, violin
Jeff Snyder, analog synths
Sam Pluta, live electronics





Anthony Braxton: Composition No. 227 (Roulette, 2013)

Live improvisation performance by Dominique Pifarély (violin + real time electronics) and Michele Rabbia (percussion + real time electronics), with Philippe De Jonckheere (photographs + live pics manipulation). Feb. 7th, 2017, Médiathèque de Suresnes, France.

Apnées

WET INK ENSEMBLE
Josh Modney, violin
Eric Wubbels, piano

Live performance at Roulette (NYC)
Darmstadt Institute New York 70th Anniversary Celebration
May 9, 2016

MATHIAS SPAHLINGER: extension (1979/80)
for violin and piano

(Part I)*
exposition n1 [0:00]
exspiration [12:10]
extempore I [18:32]

(Part II)
exposition n2 [23:28]
exklamation = exhumation III [32:58]
exposition n4a = extempore Va = extrapolation n4a [41:30]
exposition n4b - extrapolation n4b = extempore Vb (=exequien?) [49:25]
ex post n [54:48]

*this is an informal guide for navigation through the piece, rather than an exhaustive list of movements

MATHIAS SPAHLINGER: extension (1979/80)

Tomaso Albinoni - Adagio in G minor for Organ and Strings - Ryan Hebert, org; Haig Mardirosian, cond

Zunk-Wernicke
_Duets_
Duet for Waterphone and Viola 2
 1995

Thomas Zunk - Waterphone
Lutz Wernicke - Viola

recorded at Lutz' place by Thomas Zunk on CompactCassette 


Arbeitsdateiname: +10 Zunk - Wernicke Duet For Viola And Waterphone 2 1995

Zunk-Wernicke_Duet for Waterphone and Viola 2_1995

Zunk-Wernicke
_Duets_
Whales
1993

Thomas Zunk - Waterphone
Lutz Wernicke - electric Violin + devices

recorded at Banjar Fabrik by Thomas Zunk on CompactCassette

Arbeitsdateiname: +13 ProtoGhetto Raga Whales Duet 1993

Zunk-Wernicke_Duets_Whales_1993

Performed by Clara Saleiro (Porta, Portugal)

Released as part of Wet Ink Archive 03 (August 1st, 2020)
http://archive.wetink.org

until the last drop of sound

Matthias Boss

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