Infinizio

INFINIZIO for variable ensemble was composed in 2013 for Mathias Coppens and ensemble deCompagnie. The ensemble can consist of string and wind instruments, percussion, piano, guitar, accordions and singers. The instrumentation is free. The score provides musical material that the performers can work with. It is an open form; the linear concept of time fades in this work, causing time to dissolve into space, space as musical space (score) and as physical space (set-up of the instruments). Five musical materials (melody, ostinato, arabesques, chords and pulsations) can be performed in any order, even on top of each other. All five must be used. The spatial arrangement is also variable; performers can stand close together or spread out in the concert hall. The performers can determine the duration themselves, between 30 seconds and 15 minutes.