Impulse II (1985)
for piano, violin, clarinet
By Luca Francesconi
Italian
Italian
The composition is an attempt to render, in the clearest possible way, and as perceptibly as a painter’s gesture, a process of transformation conducted on a single sweeping formal “bowing”. Here, instead of development, it is a question of almost physiological transformation. The sole intention of the beginning is to propose itself as a plain state of energy, as the search for a rhythm. The energy spreads, evolving gradually from the indefinite to the definite, then fades away and recedes always more in a grand rallentando of space and time. – LF
“All I say is that non-experts often know more than experts and should therefore be consulted and that prophets of truth (including those who use arguments) more often than not are carried along by a visions that clashes with the very events that vision is supposed to be exploring.
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--Paul K. Feyerabend, Against Method