In the quiet of now (Version for quintet)
2024
for flute, bass clarinet, cello, guitar and accordion
9'
The mind is often elsewhere as we dream about the future or linger along in our memories. When thoughts are set aside for a while, we can experience the present moment. In this moment only, in the quiet of now, can we be aware and present in our bodies. It’s a secret moment that opens up a space within. In mid-winter in Finland the darkness falls like a vail, we call it kaamos. It is soft kind a darkness where one settles into silence and the inner world of ones own. Like kaamos is a journey within, In the quiet of now is a journey within sound. Delicate rattling textures combine with subtle, slowly vibrating complex sounds to open up into fluctuating spaces — moments in time, where the listener is invited to stay a little while. The unusual line up of the ensemble enables unique and surprising complex sounds that gives the overall timbral flavor to the piece.
Commissioned by Philharmonie Luxembourg. New version for quintet commissioned by Glow Collective.