This piano miniature piece was created to commemorate the 70 years from the creation of The Friends of Music Society of Greece, as well as the 100 years from the birth of Xenakis.  It explores the ever-unfolding interplay between sky and sea, or the evaporation/condensation/rain cycle – also known as the cycle of water.  The piece is named after the female spirits of sea waters of Ancient Greece, Nereides / Νηρηΐδες.

It is composed from melodic material extracted (or more precisely, sonified) from this image of intricate clouds.  Utilizing Xenakis's UPIC approach, six trajectories were captured and converted to music, using variations of luminosity in this cloudy sky.  These six trajectories were carefully selected to work with each other to create harmony and rhythm.

Nereides / Νηρηΐδες - all six voices

Bibi na Pracinha da Mamãe

Electronic track using tintinnabuli composition techniques from Arvo Pärt

231203 - Version

Organ texture, tintinnabuli style

Choral texture, tintinnabuli style

Bach Im Spiegel

Here in the frost lies my heart (demo)

This is a simple NotePerformer playback rendering from the notation software (not a realistic sounding mock-up) to provide a conceptual auditory representation of its potential sound.
Score available on request.

Program Note

This composition consists of two sections, each exploring aspects of Arvo Pärt's tintinnabuli technique. The overall atmosphere of the first section is spiritual, with the traditional minor scale and homorhythmic writing (incorporating a subtle rhythmic displacement here and there) giving it a distinctively Western sound. The second section also employs a homorhythmic tintinnabuli structure in the string writing, which serves as an accompaniment to a flute playing more ornamented phrases inspired by Middle Eastern music.

Spiritual Spheres - Demo

3. Remnant

Honour the echoes of the past, master the rhythm of the present and compose the harmony of the future.

The deeper the silence, the heavier the sound.

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