“transmission”, for electric guitar and live electronics 
(1996-1999)
By Richard Barrett

Mauricio Galeano - electric guitar 
Santiago Bogacz - live electronics in Csound

Recorded by Gonzalo Varela and Leonardo Croatto on August 19 of 2022 in Facultad de Información y Comunicación, Montevideo, Uruguay

Mixing by Santiago Bogacz 

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Este material fue producido en el marco de la Universidad de la República, Unidad Académica Asociada entre la Facultad de Información y comunicación y la Facultad de Artes

Richard Barrett - transmission

Mauricio Galeano, 10-string guitar
Grow String Quartet:
William Overcash, violin
Mishi Stern, violin
Nefeli Galani, viola
Nathan Watts, cello

Recorded on 10 February 2023 at Alte Seilerei, Frankfurt

Twisted Arrows (10-string guitar & string quartet, 2022)

"vo piangendo io tra voi" was written in response to the sonnet "Strani rupi, aspri monti, alte tremanti" by the 16th century Neapolitan poet Luigi Tansillo. “Strani rupi” is one of a pair of sonnets written in the aftermath of the volcanic eruption of the Campi Flegrei on the 29th September 1538, which dramatically altered the surrounding landscape and caused the formation of Montenuovo.

In true Petrarchan style, the poet imagines himself wandering round the post-eruption landscape, contrasting his own sorrows with the desolation that he sees around him. The guitar represents the landscape, presenting a 27 bar grid in five defective versions. The saxophone represents the poet. Its music divides the grid into five subsection, each of which makes a different journey through nine different variative types.

I composed "vo piangendo io tra voi" between May and July 2021 for the Duo Galeano/Javaid, with funds made available by Artists Scholarship North Rhine-Westphalia. The Duo gave the work’s first performance at Kraftwerk, Chemnitz on 19th October 2021.

This recording is of a performance given at LOFT, Cologne by the Duo Galeano/Javaid on March 7th 2023.

vo piangendo io tra voi

An amazing studio recording of TAG made recently (2023) by Salim Javaid (sax) and Mauricio Galeano (guitar).

Richard Barrett - transmission

Mauricio Galeano

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