Freak out!

Steve Reich: “New York Counterpoint”

Alejandro Viñao: “Tumblers”*

Philippe Hurel: “Localized corrosion”*

Jacob Ter Veldhuis: “Grab It!” (composers video)

Tristan Murail: “Bois flotté”* (video: Hervé Bailly-Basin, Editions Henry Lemoine)

Pierre Jodlowski: “Coliseum”*

Frank Zappa: “G-Spot Tornadο” (orchestration: Manos Ventouras)

* Greek premiere

“New York Counterpoint”: The ever-shifting nature of the sound materials, which remain intact in their first incarnation, uses the steady throb of a pulse to lead travelers to the shores of a modern-day metropolis.

“Tumblers”: Fluctuations of rhythmic intricacy flirt acrobatically with the intimacy of repeated exotic motifs.

“Localized Corrosion”: Sparking a sense of sustained stimulation, geometric visuals and precise mathematical relationships erupt from a strong jazz undertow, toying with excess and often reaching a kind of “aural corrosion”.

“Grab It!”: From a different perspective, illuminating that “neutral zone” between language and music, the voices of inmates sentenced to life imprisonment echo as a kind of exhortation – a “memento vivere”.

“Bois flotté”: From the highest stadium tiers and arches, spectators – their mood buoyant – gaze down on a watery world, where music materials are drawn from a spectral analysis of the chaotic nature of the sea’s sounds.

“Coliseum”: Performers and audiences follow the wandering explorations of the composers, starting out from the corridors, cells and rooms of a Roman amphitheater whose structures, on the one hand, hide traces of antiquity’s violence, and on the other reveal powerful contrasts.

“G-Spot Tornado”: The Kama Sutra continues to be the compass for finding this famous spot. However, if the effect of this sound tornado is to embarrass people, making them “Freak Out”, then a close and careful observation of its intricacies is sure to leave room for a stimulating and rarefied aural experience.