Puzzle Simfonija
Duration
13 min
Other titles
Puzzle Symphony
About
Puzzle Symphony is a polystillistic symphonic piece. It reflects information-saturated circumstance of the present, together with individualism, which is further intensified in the environment of the Covid pandemic. A jigsaw puzzle of irregularly shaped tiles with a drawn part of the picture formed at the end of the assembly — in its acoustic image — it combines many small building blocks, same size defined musical sequences, which are drawn into the final image. Since the operation of a large symphonic group of musicians is not possible during a pandemic, a ensemble is also organized as a jigsaw puzzle too. Instrumental sections and individual musicians can perform physically separately, through a digital audio-visual connection between the musicians, who, in addition to the musical thematic material, also represent the pieces of the puzzle. They are united by a meter, which is in the same ratio all the time. The Puzzle Symphony is a response to the global restrictions regarding the current pandemic. It embraces them and at the same time gives symphonic musical creation a new impetus. The context of the sonata form movement comprises an exposition with 21 themes, the pieces of the puzzle. Individual tiles - short five-bar musical phrases - can be mixed and arranged at will in any sequence, which are combined and interconnected in the development section. The reprise is a suspension in the form of a single monolithic image, holding one long single melodic line. However no longer fragmented into individual particles, they can still be observed within it.
Premiere
December 13, 2021 by RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, conductor Davorin Mori.