Volti – Appel, Mondrian, Rembrandt

Commissioned by Looptail
with financial support from the Nederlands Fonds Podiumkunsten
Première: Looptail 13th April 2014, CBK Amsterdam
"Volti" is an homage to three Dutch painters from different ages, and a collection of sound-portraits. Karel Appel, Piet Mondrian and Rembrandt van Rijn, had diverse ways of working and a personal approach to the action of painting itself. I worked on specific aspects of their styles in terms of techniques and poetics.

Complete required instrumentation (6 performers):
Flute | also Bass Flute, Slide Wistle (flûte à coulisse), Waldteufel (Ronker)
Clarinet in Bb | also Bass Clarinet, Siren Whistle, Waldteufel (Ronker)
Percussion | Vibraphone, 3 gongs, 1 Bell plate, Triangle, Toy Hand Cymbals, Double Frog-Guiro, Sleigh Bells
Piano | also Harmonica, Bird Call
Violin
Cello