Name: "Una Flor en la Laguna" by Giovanni Piacentini
Duration: 4 min 12 s
Description: My interpretation of "Una Flor en la Laguna" by Julio Cesar Oliva. This wonderful work represents the landscape of the Montebello Lagoons in the souther state of Chiapas, Mexico.

The first movement of my piece for solo guitar "Suite Lacanja". This piece was born after a trip to Chiapas in southern Mexico. I became so entranced by the "Lacanja" river that I had to create a sound world that would take me back. 

"Suite Lacanja"

The 2nd movement of my "Chiaroscuro" suite. 

Summer Light

A suite of chamber music pieces inspired by the work of symbolist painter Odilon Redon. 

Apparition

Cyclops

The sound of a single neuron firing in the arista of a Drosophila fruit fly.

This experiment was performed by Gonzalo Budelli in the Garrity Lab at Brandeis University. Electrodes are attached to the extracellular dendrite of single neuron located in the fly's arista. Apparatus is set up to allow for the temperature to be modulated between 25 and 30 degrees celsius. As the temperature drops below a critical threshold, the neuron begins to fire - producing a train electrical action potentials which are transmitted to other cells. These signals are intercepted by the lab's electrode, which passes them through an amplifier and records them digitally. By converting these signals into audio, we are able to hear the function of the fly's nervous system in real time.

These experiments are designed to unlock the mechanisms of sensation in the body and their roots in genetics. By performing these experiments on flies that have modified genes, the Garrity lab is discovering which genes are responsible for which aspects of sensation - cold, heat, humidity, taste, touch, pain. These genes are so ancient that they are almost identical to those found in humans, with new knowledge potentially leading to cures to conditions such as chronic pain.

Spike Train

Snehurka, solo guitar composition by Jeremy Collins.

www.jeremycollinsguitar.com

I. Snehurka

A preview of the upcoming MOTO BELLO release on Navona Records.

"ONDINE" by Giovanni Piacentini.

The Second Movement of my song cycle "Preludio de un Diamante" entitled "Salda de Espera a Dios", performed by the amazing sTem Trio.

Lieder/Canciones

GIOVANNI PIACENTINI: Preludio de un Diamante (2014), II. Sala de Espera Adios

Navona Records and the acclaimed ensemble Trio Casals proudly present MOTO BELLO, the next chapter in the moving series that brought 2015’s MOTO CONTINUO and MOTO PERPETUO in 2013. Living up to its name, MOTO BELLO, or “beautiful motion,” is a collection celebrating the synergy of Trio Casals and the vibrant works of ten contemporary composers including Diane Jones, Beth Mehocic, David N. Stewart, Sidney Bailin, L Peter Deutsch, Giovanni Piacentini, Adrienne Albert, Clive Muncaster, Joanne D. Carey, and Bruce Babcock.

MOTO BELLO is a journey through individual experience, international scenes, and philosophical pondering. Each piece is an exploration of movement and of the beauty in all forms of motion—dissonant and jagged, soft and freely flowing, or standing tentatively between the two. In some instances, the pieces are romantic and sweeping, as in Ondine, Nightfall, Palette No. 1, the beginning moments of Solo la Sombra. In others, the energetic experience is driven and leaping, as in Woman A/Part, Somewhere Between D and C#, Habanera, Lines, Hockets, and Riffs, and Imagined/Remembered. MOTO BELLO is a diverse tapestry of emotional, energetic, and imaginative listening experiences.

Trio Casals demonstrates not only the imaginativeness of the composers, but also the group’s technical prowess as they communicate the unique meaning and motion behind each composition. On MOTO BELLO, the ensemble exists as the dynamic storyteller of each composer’s artistic statement, weaving each tale of beauty in motion with their own inspired story.

MOTO BELLO Trailer

My interpretation of "Una Flor en la Laguna" by Julio Cesar Oliva. This wonderful work represents the landscape of the Montebello Lagoons in the souther state of Chiapas, Mexico.

"Una Flor en la Laguna"

Giovanni Piacentini

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