Iannotta - Earthing
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Label: Wergo
Cat No: WER64332
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 2nd October 2020
Contents
Works
A Failed EntertainmentDead wasps in the jam-jar (iii)
Earthing - dead wasps (obituary)
You crawl over seas of granite
Artists
JACK QuartetAbout
Iannotta finds further inspiration for her quartets in the works of Irish lyric poet Dorothy Molloy and US-American writer David Foster Wallace or in J.S. Bach’s Partita no.1 in B minor. Furthermore, phenomena of the wildlife have an impact on her compositional concepts as she explains to booklet author Theresa Beyer concerning the piece Earthing – dead wasps (obituary): ‘A spider leaves its carapace behind as an empty shell when it’s growing. And suddenly two bodies are lying there – one empty, one filled – and thus two different temporalities. You might say that I composed a string quartet that sheds its skin several times during the performance.’
Sound and noise are represented equally in Clara Iannotta’s music. Partially, she prepares the strings of the instruments with paper-clips or tunes them down radically. Subtle electronic sounds can be found as well as counter bells, bird whistles, and styrofoam blocks. During the seven years in which the four string quartets have been written, Iannotta gradually leans towards the noise – a process of “earthing”, towards the substance of sounds. Iannotta considers the string quartet, a genre steeped in history, as a very emotional form: the intimacy between the musicians, the artistic empathy, and intense listening to each other are essential for her music. Recording all four pieces, the JACK Quartet is devoted to this mission as a congenial partner.
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