Prague Quiet Music Collective

Dear Friends,

The Prague Quiet Music Collective has commissioned a new piece from me and four other composers for their concert “Five Uncertain Situations” on December 9 at the concert hall of the House U Kamenné zvonu in Prague. Each piece was inspired by a sculpture in the Prague Capital Gallery collection, mine of which was Stanislav Kolíbal’s work Vratká poloha (1968).

A little bit about the piece:

Unstable Position is a ten-section modular piece with open instrumentation inspired by Stanislav Kolíbal’s metal sculpture Vratká poloha. Any three — and up to ten — sections may be programmed for each performance with the option of playing them back-to-back or with other pieces in-between. This form is inspired not only by the delicately balanced three-dimensionality of the sculpture but also by the viewing process one so often experiences in a museum: glancing at many artworks in passing, paying more attention to some aspects of certain objects than others, and then perhaps (hopefully) returning to memorable artworks for additional time and contemplation.

for now,

Jordan

Vratká poloha by Stanislav Kolíbal