Martin Iddon
(2010)
page last updated Fri, 3 Dec 2010, 6:09am PST
Duration: 7 minutes
# of Performers: 9
Materials / Instrumentation / Performers
flute, bass clarinet, trumpet, piano, guitar, percussion, violin, violoncello, contrabass
Files
spinther.pdf
Score / Notes
Aside from being the genus name for a modern segmented worm and the nickname of a Roman consul associated with both Cicero (whom he helped to defeat the Catiline Conspiracy) and Julius Caesar, spinther refers, in the Gnostic tradition, to a spark (or 'splinter') of transcendental light, awakened with the coming of knowledge. It may be considered, in some situations, an example of the immanent presence in a living being of pneuma, the spirit. In this sense, spinther stands at the intersection between the physical, phenomenal world, and the transcendental, noumenal world.
As has been the case in a number of my recent pieces, spinther is also the title of a light installation by the artist James Turrell.
spinther was written for Ensemble Modelo62.
Recent Performances
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Fri, 25 November 2011
posted by MI, 12/08/11 Ensemble Modelo62, Koninklijk Conservatorium, The Hague, The Netherlands
Mon, 6 December 2010
posted by MI, 12/03/10 Ensemble Modelo62, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK
Fri, 3 December 2010
posted by MI, 12/03/10 Ensemble Modelo62, Artaud Building, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
Wed, 1 December 2010
posted by MI, 12/03/10 Ensemble Modelo62, Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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