Fragments from Cold

for cello (2006)
with recorded snow sounds and electroacoustics
duration is c.8′

Like a skier moving across the snow, I imagined the cellist sliding the bow across the surface of the cello. The performer’s breath and the sounds of snow reveal contours of two terrains, hidden but only submerged. Fragments from cold: the snow from outside, the breath from within. The tracks of both crossings are left in noise.

score excerpt