componist

Raasakka, Ville

Ville Raasakka is a composer based in Helsinki, Finland. He works with ecology and environmental sounds. His compositional practice ranges from orchestral and chamber music to electronics, installation and performance ...

gerelateerde werken

Black Cloud, Under Ground : for orchestra / Ville Raasakka

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Orkest
Bezetting: fl fl-a ob eh 2cl(cl-b) fg cfg 4h 2tpt 3trb tb 2perc str

Ritournelle : for wind quintet / Olivier Greif

Genre: Kamermuziek
Subgenre: Houtblazersensemble (2-12 spelers)
Bezetting: fl ob cl fg h

Thema met variaties : voor fluit en hobo, 2004 / Ludwig Otten

Genre: Kamermuziek
Subgenre: Houtblazersensemble (2-12 spelers)
Bezetting: fl ob

Archipel VII DOUBLE : voor rietkwintet / Daan Manneke ; bew. Raaf Hekkema

Genre: Kamermuziek
Subgenre: Houtblazersensemble (2-12 spelers)
Bezetting: ob cl asx bcl fg

compositie

Bark : for woodwind quintet / Ville Raasakka

Toelichting:
The work is based on the sounds of bark, branches and the tree trunk. I recorded these sounds in a park, where I stroked and scratched very gently the bark of an aspen. I also recorded fallen, dried up branches, which I bended and broke. From the BBC field recording archives, I obtained footage of one person sawing a tree and two loggers cutting a tree in a rainforest in Guinea.
These sounds present two interactions with a tree. The first is harmless to the tree, its biota and the soil. The second is, if taken too far, a process that can destroy the biodiversity of a forest and its soil.
I analyzed the sounds with software and transcribed the sound events for the woodwind quintet. The sound of bark, branches and leaves, cutting and sawing each have their sound profile but also time profile. The form of the piece is a result of layering these time profiles in four layers: The sound objects themselves, the phrases, sections and the overall form.
Ville Raasakka