Simone Santi Gubini: The Black Exposition

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Article number: NEOS 12403 Category: Keyword:
Published on: December 7, 2023

 

About the album

The 21st century is characterized by diverse innovations in the field of classical music: the intensive preoccupation with advanced playing techniques, acoustic principles and the newly discovered complexity of timbres enabled a small number of mostly European composers to redefine “sound excess”. The exploration of frequencies has allowed the sonic extremes of the scores to be linked to both the concept of energetic overexposure and the physical presence of the materials. Essentially, it is the materials that have to change.

The sonic and aesthetic context in which Simone Santi Gubini's work is located is based precisely on these considerations. If you experience the "sound excess" in its depth, the originality of his vision becomes visible: the creation of a real psycho-acoustic shock, the immediacy of which hits the listener from the first hearing. Although his composition focuses on the rules of timbre, it offers space for a reformulation of the musical parameters, both in terms of their conventional treatment and in the application of the sonic matter; Furthermore, it is striking how detailed he works with the instruments using harmonics, multiphonics and sound clusters, something that requires a long preparation from the musicians and in any case requires competence and a high level of skill.

Considering Santi Gubini's inventive contribution to contemporary classical composition, one could say that he probably laid the foundation for a unique event in music history when he conducted his personal acoustic research into the validity of the erratic state of sound, taking into account today's Habits of notation ignored. Here Santi Gubini found confirmation and clear evidence of his studies on acoustics and instrumentation, which he had made with regard to the instability of sound and its defective nature.

The monograph presented here shows us the development of Santi Gubini on his artistic path and his desire for new insights.

www.simonesantigubini.com

Program

Simone Santi Gubini (* 1980)

The Black Exposition

 

melting point (2013)
for flute, bass clarinet & two pianos for one player

Ensemble Musikfabrik
(Susanne Peters, flute · Carl Rosman, bass clarinet · Benjamin Kobler, piano)

 

Sound relief III (2023)
Unison Duo for amplified double bass clarinet, amplified baritone saxophone and foot pedal

Carl Rosman, double bass clarinet
Patrick Stadler, baritone saxophone
Simone Santi Gubini, foot pedal

 

The black exhibition (2018)
for amplified orchestra with nine instruments and foot pedal

Ensemble Musikfabrik
(Carl Rosman, bass clarinet · Joshua Hyde, baritone saxophone
James Aylward, bassoon · Rostislav Kozhevnikov & Hannah Weirich, violin
Dirk Wietheger & Adya Khanna-Fontenla, cello · Florentin Ginot, double bass
Dirk Rothbrust, drums · Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductor)

 

first recordings

Reviews

March 21, 2024 21:05
SWR2 Now Music

It's about the utmost density of music. Ensemble musicians play in extreme techniques and positions at a dynamically high level. Electronics amplifies the power of information. The aim is to ultimately reawaken sensitivity to the physicality and facets of music. “The Black Exposition”, “The Black Exhibition”, by the Italian composer Simone Santi Gubini takes you into very own listening spaces and challenges for the ears.

Link to the show: www.swr.de

 

March 13, 2024
nmz – Audible

The way of thinking about music that Simone Santi Gubini presents on this album of first recordings reveals its strength, force and power in its realization.

Link to article: www.hoerbar.nmz.de

Info

Catalog number: NEOS 12403

EAN: 4260063124037

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