Six Miniatures and a Simultaneous Song

Chaya CZERNOWIN
Born 1957, Israel

Six Miniatures and a Simultaneous Song (1999)

soprano, flutes, clarinet, saxophone, guitar, viola, violoncello

I believe that beyond these bushes I could bathe in warm cisterns
--Zohar EITAN

Two very different pieces unfolding as a counterpoint to each other, merging into a strange third piece. The trio is a strange line-texture, very continuous, refined and highly articulated. The quartet is discontinuous, abrupt, boisterous, crude, at times grotesquely expressive. Together they emerge into a lopsided structure where their different weights, expressions and dynamics interact. A tiny fish and a person in the same pool. Do their movements effect each other? The water? The quartet music of the piece is used, with slight variations in the introduction to Pnima  . . .  ins Innere. The piece is dedicated to ensemble ELISION Ensemble.

Programme note © Chaya CZERNOWIN