00:00 I. Somber brass blocks vaporize in a stratosphere of high-frequency electronica and cool, soft strings.
01:19 Emily Dickinson "From Blank to Blank". The music takes on a nervous energy. Frantic string and woodwind runs
03:41 Rozalie Hirs "Empty I stumble upon my last angel" (5:35) A luscious yet piercing chorale
08:30 II. Dickinson "Solitude of space". Soft, anxious counterpoint of strings and voice; striking interruptions of percussion and electronics (10:49) (11:54) Violent winds and electronic scramble end the poem
12:17 Anne Carson "Why did I awake lonely". Pensive arpeggiated chords, nervous shaking strings (14:46) Fierce horn soli among violent brass strings
15:45 A slow and mysterious ending, prominently featuring 2 vibraphones
17:56 III. Rapid buzzing of strings and electronics. Warm brass, but their disjointed entrances only add upon the anxiety (19:00) Hirs "Here is a white space"
21:37 Sweet and luminous, almost meditative among gongs and woodblocks
23:31 An anxious chorale, slowly growing to an enormous intensity, and suddenly cutting out to (25:28) an utterly lonely ending: singer alone with distant high-frequency ambient sounds
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Description adapted from: www.vanderaa.net/work/spaceso...
Composer: Michel van der Aa (March 10, 1970 -)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Ed Spanjaard
Singer: Christianne Stotijn
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