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...

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.