Riverly is the Moon (2015)
from Luminous Etudes: Visions of the Black Madonna of Montserrat
for solo clarinet and video
OR
for piano (or vibraphone) and video
7 minutes
Credits
Video animation by Jimena Sarno
Images and photos of the blood moon by Carolyn Yarnell
Commissioned, premiered and recorded by Virginia Figuieredo
Piano version composed for Vertize Sonora Ensemble, Galician Center for Contemporary Art, Santiago de Compostela
Program Notes
This work is from my collection of Luminous Etudes: Visions of the Black Madonna of Montserrat for solo instruments, piano, voice, projected images and electronics investigating sound and healing and the bio-mechanisms of vibro-acoustics in music performance. This solo work for clarinet references various “moon” songs and is inspired by the Blood Moon of April 15, 2014 (first of a tetrad of four consecutive total lunar eclipses) and based on materials from the 14th century Llibre Vermell, and my encounter with the icon of the Black Madonna during my visit to the sanctuary of Montserrat, in Catalonia, Spain.
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