Palomar

27 pieces for 9 violins (1994)
18 minutes | no.15

The music of Palomar is derived from the multimedia production Palomar on the Beach (Palomar op het Strand). Spoken text (the first chapter from “Palomar", a novel by the Italian author Italo Calvino), slides of abstracted beach (by photographer Frank Zweers), projected blue light and music for 9 violins form the basis for this polyphonic aural and visual spectacle. After the first performance composer Richard Ayres convinced Richard Rijnvos that the music can lead a meaningful life on its own. And thus it happened. The title of concert version is simply Palomar.

Scoring

9 violins
(without conductor)

Commissioned by

Prime (Groningen, Netherlands)

Première

20 October 1994
Centrum Beeldende Kunst
Triadezaal, Groningen (Netherlands)
Ives Ensemble

Audio Fragments

Performance

Ives Ensemble

Recording

21 February 1994, Theater Romein, Leeuwarden (Netherlands)
recording & multi-track editing by Eclat Music Productions

Score Excerpts