for Four Organs, Celesta, Harmonium, Voice, Wine Glass, Loopstation and Live Electronics
written for the
Computer Aided Breathing
40'
Kirstin Gramlich: Organs, Celesta
Stelios Manousakis: Composition, Programming, Live electronics
Stephanie Pan: Voice, Wine Glass, Loopstation, Celesta, Harmonium
Navigation is a 6-part open composition for pipe organs, voice, and live electronics. It is a site-specific piece, created in and for the Orgelpark and its instruments through the exploration of the various possibilities during workshop sessions. It was commissioned by the Orgelpark, who will also publish the score.
The piece derives its title from the compositional and improvisatory method it employs, as well as from the manner in which it was developed. The form is constructed as a navigation between specific and predefined points - structural, sonic, spatial, and instrumental; it is pre-composed, while at the same time granting the players the freedom to adjust their course, diverge, and explore the areas within these points through improvisation. The rehearsal process, which lasted several months, can itself be described as the act of navigating within an unknown territory, charting it and creating a map/score as a guideline for the performance.