Ellen Arkbro, Sculptures
Sunday 21 Jan 2024 from 8pm to 9:45pm
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Concert at the Eglise du Saint-Esprit (12th arrondissement)
To close the festival, Closer Music is taking over the grandiose setting of the Église du Saint-Esprit alongside Les Inspirations Visibles (Hampus Lindwall and Stephen O'Malley projet) to present the meditative-sounding performance 'Sculptures' by Swedish composer and organist virtuoso Ellen Arkbro.
Most longplayer Chords on Subtext Recordings sees Arkbro adopt a more minimalist approach than on previous record For Organ and Brass, focusing on the immediate qualities of sound and elegantly expanding the tonal capacities of acoustic instruments using precise, subtle synthesis. Composed of a carefully selected combination of tones, Chords stretches, extends and obscures the timbral character of the instruments it is performed on. Across both tracks, Arkbro examines the sonic materiality and harmonic quality of chords. She considers how the compositions occupy space rather than time – transposing theoretical possibilities into the phenomenal realm.