line-up
james wood > conductor
eric sleichim > concept, transcriptions and arrangements
BL!NDMAN [SAX]
koen maas > soprano saxophone
eric sleichim > alto saxophone
piet rebel > tenor saxophone
raf minten > baritone saxophone
COLLEGIUM VOCALE GHENT
edwige cardoen, inge clerix, elisabeth rapp, annelies brants > soprano
gudrun köllner, lieve mertens, cécile pilorger, gunther vandeven > alto/contre tenor
malcolm bennett, amine hadef, dan martin, josé pizarro > tenor
stefan drexlmeier, sebastian myrus, kai rouven seeger, robert van der vinne > bas
CREW
jo thielemans > sound technician
jens van durme > production management collegium vocale ghent
veerle vaes > production management BL!NDMAN
isotropes is produced by Collegium Vocale Ghent. The composition ‘Isotropes de l‘ombre’ by Eric Sleichim is commissioned by Collegium Vocale Ghent.
With thanks to the Grame at Lyon (centre national de création musicale) for the development of the electronics for soundmanipulation and spacialisation and the *Brigittines*/Brussels
BL!NDMAN is supported by the Arts Administration of the Ministry of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Community Commission of the Brussels-Capital Region. BL!NDMAN [sax] play Selmer Paris Saxophones.
ISOTROPES - Collegium Vocale
unique collaboration between BL!NDMAN and Collegium Vocale Ghent
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16 voices and 4 saxophones are united in one spiritual programme in which old and new compositions come together. The amplification and positioning of choir and instruments enhances the audience’s feeling of being amidst the sounds. Isotropes is a unique experience that adds a rich intensity to these musing pieces. |
“Uniformity in all directions” is the scientific meaning of isotropy, a term often used in mathematics, physics and biology. In Isotropes, these particles that remain equal when moving around in different directions are used as a metaphor for the sounds that surround and fuse with the audience. Electronics are being used to merge the 16 voices and the 4 saxophones.
With compositions of Jonathan Harvey, Eric Sleichim, Matheus de Sancto Johanne, and Petrus Abaelardus we hear a surprising mixture of contemporary and early music. Breath, the origin of the earliest music, establishes the link between both.
Eric Sleichim based his Isotropes de l’ombre on a text by Leonardo Da Vinci that describes how the fading of a sound of a clock is a phenomenon that takes place almost entirely in the ear itself. The constant interaction between the saxophones and the choir breathes contemplation in both the literal and figurative sense.
audio
http://blindman.be/assets/sounds/05_isotropes.mp3 isotropes de l‘ombre > eric sleichim
programme
john cage (1912-1992) > five [saxophone quartet] 5’
jonathan harvey (1939) > mortuos plango vivos voco [electronics] 10’
petrus abaelardus > planctus david super saul et ionatha [voices] 8’
jonathan harvey (1939) > ricercare una melodia [solo for soprano saxophone & electronics] 6’
anonymus (12th century) > ordo rachelis ‘sanguinem nostrum‘ [female voices] 6’
eric sleichim (1958) > isotropes de l‘ombre [saxophone trio, choir & electronics] 20’
press
“La force de Sleichim est, notamment, sa capacité à embarquer l ‘écoute dans la pure jouissance sonore, surgie des séductions du saxophone pour se transformer, grâce à l’électronique et au jeu des enceintes, en un monde exclusif, puissant, infini.
Tous les musiciens sont unis par une virtuosité qui trouvera son sommet dans ‘Isotropes’, glorieux avatar de l’Ars Subtillor du XIIIe siècle. On en redemande.”
Martine Dumont, La Libre Belgique 27.10.2007 read the complete article
ISOTROPES - Collegium Vocale played among others on the following locations:
- 2007
- ANTWERPEN / ANVERS - Music@venture festival - Amuz
- GENT / GAND - Sint-Barbarakerk/ église Sainte-Barbara
- BRUSSEL / BRUXELLES - bozar/kaaitheater -kapellekerk/église not
- 2006
- SAINTES (F) - festival de Saintes
BL!NDMAN contact info
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Gallaitstraat 76-78 1030 Schaarbeek, Belgium |
contact: general and artistic direction: management: M +32 473 29 98 91 production and communication: M +32 473 71 50 70 technical production: |
BL!NDMAN is supported by the Arts Administration of the Ministry of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Community Commission of the Brussels-Capital Region. BL!NDMAN [sax] play Selmer Paris Saxophones.