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Composed by Stefan Pohlit , concert on July 13, 2009

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performance location
Arsenal - Grande Salle, Arsenal - Grande Salle (Metz)
duration
11 min
date
July 13, 2009

STRINGS pour orchestre

La forme de cette partition dérive des proportions du système modal ancien que j’ai commencé à étudier en 2008. Ses modulations inhabituelles proviennent de l’objectif exprès de faire ressor-tir des progressions d’intervalles qui résultent de la proportion 11/8, le déterminant numérique de l’échelle dorienne qui, authentiquement, surgissait d’un spectre subharmonique. La plupart des instruments sont désaccordés. Comme la progression de la gamme subharmonique est traduite en un plan d’harmonie supérieure, la structure entière se déchire fréquemment en harmonies distinctes. La manière de laquelle ces relations tonales créent des tensions multiples et aggluti-nent leurs composants me rappelait la théorie contemporaine des Superstrings. Je confesse à la foi ancienne en l’ethos en musique, et je comprends mon effort comme l’expression logique d’émotions humaines pas encore découvertes. - Stefan Pohlit


STRINGS for orchestra

The structure of this score is rooted in the ancient modal system as outlined in Kathleen Schle-singer’s publication “The Greek Aulos” from 1939 that I studied intensely in 2008. It involves a number of uncommon modulations with the aim at highlighting intervallic progressions based on 11/8, the modal determinant of the originally subharmonic Dorian scale. For that reason, most instruments have been detuned by microtonal intervals. As the undertonal scale progression (present in the wood-winds) is translated into an overtonal background structure, it splits at vari-ous states into distinct harmonies. The way in which these extended tonal relations create large-formal tension and glue their components together reminded me of contemporary Superstring Theory. In confessing to the ancient belief in musical ethos, I understand my attempt as a logical expression of undiscovered human feelings. - Stefan Pohlit

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