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Alessandro Cipriani

Al Nur (La Luce)

(da un canto islamico)

dur. 17'15" (1998-2003)

Esistono diverse versioni del pezzo:

1) per voce, percussioni e nastro

2) per solo nastro quadrifonico

3) per nastro in versione surround 5.0 e 5.1

Questo � uno dei tre pezzi della mia trilogia sul canto religioso, che comprende anche un pezzo sul canto gregoriano e uno sul canto ebraico. Tutti e tre sono pubblicati nel mio nuovo cd "Al Nur" uscito per la CNI

Tutti i suoni nel nastro, in questo pezzo, provengono dalla registrazione e l'elaborazione elettronica di un canto islamico, "Al Nur", cantato da Nour Eddine Fatty , accompagnato allo Zarb e al Daf (percussioni persiane) da Mohsen Kasirossafar e al flauto nej da Abdullah Mohammad. Tutto il materiale di base del pezzo proviene perci˜ dalla tradizione orale. . La forma e la concezione del pezzo , rispetto al canto originale, che dura fra uno e due minuti, � totalmente mutata. L'idea � quella di creare un nuovo spazio, elettroacustico e virtuale per il canto religioso. Come in un teatro immaginativo ed emotivo il mio desiderio � di mettere in scena i flussi musicali, generare spazi immaginativi, rituali. Nello spazio del sacro, rituale, non c'� pi� nessun luogo ma tutto risuona dentro ogni persona che ascolta. I miei pezzi oggi sono come spazi che albergano altre musiche. Sento come un dissolversi del dualismo fra il compositore (attivo) e il materiale (passivo), fra soggetto ed oggetto che sta avvenendo nel mio lavoro e dentro di me: mi sento come un canale attraverso cui passano delle onde sonore, come se fossi un filtro dinamico.

Il pezzo � stato realizzato ad Edison Studio, Roma, ed � stato selezionato nei pi� importanti festival internazionali di musica elettroacustica, International Computer Music Conference 99 (Pechino, Cina), Synthese - Bourges (Francia), Engine 27 (New York, U.S.A).

La versione 5.1 � stata scelta per la pubblicazione nel COMPUTER MUSIC JOURNAL DVD del 2003. Courtesy of Compagnia Nuove Indye, Rome - www.cnimusic.it

ENGLISH

Alessandro Cipriani

Al Nur (La Luce)

(1998-2003)

The piece exists in three different versions:

1) for voice percussion and tape

2) for quadraphonic tape

3) surround 5.0 or 5.1

The piece is part of a trilogy on religious chant: gregorian chant Aqua Sapientiae/Angelus Domini jewish chant MimaaÕ Makim islamic chant Al Nur (La Luce)

All the sounds in the piece come from recording and processing of sounds from an islamic chant titled Al Nur (in english: The Light) sung by berberian singer Nour-Eddine Fatty and played with persian percussions (Zarb and Daf) by Mohsen Kasirossafar and a Nej flute by Abdullah Mohammad, there's no other sound involved.Therefore all of the basic material that I recorded comes from oral tradition, written tradition was not used in this piece, only oral tradition sounds and signal processing. The idea is that of creating a new electroacoustic, virtual, ritual space for religious chant. This space is created by processing the same sounds and reintegrating them into the new sound-space. The idea is that of leaving the comprehensibility (and the variability in the case of live performance) of the chant untouched, and to completely change the musical concept, exploring the electroacoustic richness of the sounds of the voice and of Zarb, Daf and Nej and creating a new form. An extraordinary thing occurs when a cantor sings for his God and not for an audience, which I have seen repeated with cantors of different religions: the capacity to get deeply in touch with themselves and make their bodies vibrate with the melody, with the prayer itself. I thought of opening a door, so that this music would change my music. As in an imaginative and emotive theatre, my desire is to stage these sonic streams, to generate imaginative ritual spaces. I would not define Al Nur (La Luce) as Òconcert hallÓ music, the true ritual space in this case is within oneself, the space becomes the Ò I Ó who is listening. I feel as though there were a dissolving of the dualism between composer (active) and the so-called material (passive), between subject and object, which is taking place in my work and in myself: I feel as though I were a channel through which sound waves pass, ÒonlyÓ a dynamic filter. The music coming from singers and musicians of other cultures enters my music and induces me to do things which I would have never done as composer up to a few years ago. In the trilogy those chants are profoundly transformed after they have transformed me.

The piece was realized at Edison Studio, Rome. It has been selected for performance at International Computer Music Conference 99 (Beijing, Cina), Synthèse - Bourges (Francia), Engine 27 (New York, U.S.A).

Stereo version was published in my monographic CD Al Nur on CNI label

5.1 version was selected for publication on COMPUTER MUSIC JOURNAL DVD 2003.

Courtesy of Compagnia Nuove Indye, Rome - www.cnimusic.it

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