2022
Squaring the Circle
Piece for Four Percussionists and Electronics
El NEGOCITO records
For 4 Percussionists and Electronics. In collaboration with Johan De Wilde.
With Squaring the Circle (El Negocito Records) composer Heleen Van Haegenborgh plunges into unpredictability. She was inspired by the artwork ‘Pi’ by Johan de Wilde, part of the collection of the S.M.A.K. In her composition, she turns the number sequence to her will. This with on stage four percussionists, electronics and no less than 70 instruments, including tubular bells, timpani, bass drums, vibraphone, cymbals, triangles etc.
With this work, the age-old mathematical issue of the “squaring of the circle” resurfaced. This is where Pi in fact throws a spanner in the works, musically causing fighting circles and squares. Thus you hear a canon of circles and in other places harmonic or melodic squares.
The struggle for a sense of freedom, naturalness and directness is central to all her compositions. By also using Pi at times for the rhythmic organization, a sense of unpredictability and freedom naturally arises. Sometimes that freedom is noted tightly, sometimes a little less tightly to completely free.
PI, Johan Dewilde
© Geert Vandepoele
© Heleen van Haegenborgh
© Geert Vandepoele
© Geert Vandepoele
© Heleen van Haegenborgh
© Geert Vandoepoele
© Geert Vandepoele
© Geert Vandepoele
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Piece for Four Percussionists and Electronics
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