A different story

Premiere

15/03/2016 - OPERA MAKING WORKSHOP - Room 2.1 - Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (PT) - Patrycja Gabrel (Soprano), Stephen Place (Male Voice) and Jorge Ramos (Electronics).

Programme notes

A 5-minute opera scene from the workshop in opera creation by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama [Julian Philips (Composer) and Stephen Plaice (Libretist)].Written in 2016 as part of my Undergraduate Degree in Music — Composition at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (PT).

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Premiere

15/12/2015 - Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (PT) - José Castela (Clarinet in B♭) and Marta Fernandes (Ballet Dancer)

Programme Notes

Written in 2015, this work was entirely built on the premise of collaboration, experimentation, site-specific and unreproducible performance. Only word of mouth was used in order to structure the musical and theatrical aspects of this piece. This raised the question if art can be something that is meant to be only enjoyed in the present without the ability to surpass the author’s lifespan. To be honest, one shouldn’t know the answer to this question and one shouldn’t even care. I’m constantly in awe by the motto Carpe Diem or Seize the Moment, but are we really applying them to our own lifestyle? We live in a time where almost everything can be immortalized through the means of digital recordings. What if we gave the audience no chance but to enjoy it for a first (and simultaneously a last) time?

The urge to destroy is also a creative urge, Pablo Picasso