Díaz: Espacio absoluto
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Shipping Policy- Composer: James Díaz (1990-)
- Instrumentation: Cello
- Work: Espacio absoluto (2025)
- Size: 8.9 x 12.0 inches
Description
Espacio absoluto is a collection of eight works for solo cello written for and in close collaboration with cellist John Popham. Together, these pieces explore fictional sonic environments, conjuring surreal landscapes where urban psychedelia, sonic architecture, and imagined worlds converge. Conceived as interconnected musical spaces rather than conventional character pieces, the collection transforms the cello into an instrument of shifting identities. Acoustic gestures shaped by ideas drawn from electronic music unfold into immersive sonic environments, while the recurring interludes function as thresholds between these spaces, blurring distinctions between place, perception, and imagined worlds.
The titles suggest imagined geographies and states of perception: the lush ambiguity of Desiertos verdes, the gradual unfolding of From Pink to Orange through evolving voice leading, the monumental stillness of Grand Oasis, and the intimate epilogue of A warm place without memory. Rather than describing specific narratives, the works invite listeners to inhabit landscapes that remain deliberately open, at once physical and psychological, familiar yet impossible to locate.
– James Díaz
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Díaz: Espacio absoluto
