Name: Coordinates for Cello by Thomas Butler
Duration: 10 min 45 s
Description: Coordinates for Cello by Thomas Butler, performed by Emily De Simone.

Performed by Sasha Savaloni
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Timothy Cooper
Image by Maria Urso

In Grab und Mond D.893, Schubert sets a particularly chilling poem of the same name by Johann Gabriel Seidl. The poet addresses both the moon and the grave, seeking answers about life after death. Silberblau takes the separation of the worlds above and below the grave as its starting point. The guitar’s strings are divided through the use of a capo, which allows two distinct soundworlds to emerge. Schubert’s music is processed and disfigured via a three-fold filter of the capo; string preparations; and manipulated recordings of Grab und Mond, which I arranged for guitar at the beginning of the process.

Commissioned by Sasha Savaloni as part of his ‘An den Mond’
project.

Silberblau (for solo guitar, electronics and light) [2020]

Coordinates for Cello by Thomas Butler, performed by Emily De Simone.

Coordinates for Cello

Thomas Butler is a composer based in Glasgow.

Coordinates for Cello

Thomas Butler

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