Gabriel Malancioiu
Luftagogia
Duration: 5'
Solos:
2× soprano
alto
tenor
2× bass
Luftagogia
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Work introduction
The title of the piece is justified by the fact that the main idea of Luftagogia is the experience of breathing, which is also the theme of a poem written by Reiner Maria Rilke - included in the composition. The title also refers to the term glossolalia - a technique encountered in several religious currents in which the exit from the patterns of the rational mind is tried to be achieved by "speaking in tongues" - the emission of phonemes that do not have a semantic meaning.
Luftagogia was dedicated to AUDITIVVOKAL ensemble from Dresden. The unconventional writing agrees both with the basic idea of the work and with the specifics of the AUDITIVVOKAL ensemble - to focus almost exclusively on the avant-garde works that favor sonic experiment. By using repetitive patterns, the music also acquires a ritual touch. Few sections of the piece focus on the traditional use of voice, an example being at the end of Luftagogia, where a fragment of Reiner Maria Rilke's poem appears.