Pieces for two voices and improvisation chamber orchestra (the Chen quintet)

Both voices in interaction, perpetually urging the other on, producing more than their simple addition, producing a third voice – like a semi-autonomous organism – very difficult to explain how – why – as if what had been mostly deeply burrowed was surfacing. an ur-song, like Schwitters’ ur-sonate / their breath. the importance of scat, the rhythm from beyond language.

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