ENSEMBLE | AIRBORNE EXTENDED

30 November – Palazzina Reale SMN, 21.30 hrs
► ENSEMBLE | AIRBORNE EXTENDED

flutes Elena Gabbrielli
harpsichord Sonja Leipold
recorders and Paetzold sub-great bass recorder Caroline Mayrhofer
harp Coline-Marie Orliac
sound direction Maurizio Azzan, Francesco Canavese, Alisa Kobzar

Matthias Kranebitter, prancace royer: the harpsichord pieces
I. La Marche de Scythes II. La Sensible
for flutes, recorders, harpsichord with electronics (2017), Italian premiere
Maurizio Azzan, Extended I
for bass flute, Paetzold sub-great bass recorder, harp, transducers, and live electronics (2019), world premiere
Simon Løffler, b
for 3 performers, 3 neon lights, pedals, and an audio jack (2012)
Hannes Kerschbaumer, not.to
for piccolo, Paetzold sub-great bass recorder, transducers, and live electronics (2017)
Alisa Kobzar, Prism
for flutes, recorders, harp, harpsichord, and electronics with movement controllers (2018), Italian premiere

The Austrian ensemble Airborne Extended is an unusual quartet consisting of flute, recorder/Paetzold sub-great bass recorder, harp, and harpsichord: this unique instrumental combination allows to create a wide range of new sounds and colours, and over the past years has inspired several generations of composers from all over the world, resulting in the creation of specially written musical works. For Tempo Reale Festival, the ensemble will present the Italian premiere of a programme for quartet and electronics, with pieces written between 2012 and 2019, almost all composed specifically and characterised by a constant dialogue with electronics, which are the crucial fifth element of the concert: from the implementation of special transducers to the frantic use of motion sensors, arriving to an actual algorithmic composition.