Photo: Goni Riskin

"DISRUPTED GOLDBERG" - 12/21

DISRUPTED GOLDBERG (for piano and ensemble - December 2021) commissioned by MUSICA NOVA GROUP for the concert "SPONTANEOUS STUCKNESS"

Though the ensemble part can be performed with any group who can move their instruments while playing, this score was written especially for the current nova ensemble: piano, melodica, bass clarinet, classic guitar, double bass and tenor saxophone. The piano is in the middle of the stage and the other performers are in the corners far away from the pianist. Each player has a bag which includes the score, ping pong balls, marbles and similar objects.

1) The pianist starts to play variation nr.25 from The Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach. Whenever he stops the ensemble starts moving toward the piano while playing their parts. When the pianist starts playing everybody friezes, like in the children game "Red Light." this part ends when the players approach the piano.

2) once they are close enough, they put aside their instruments and start, gradually start to throw stuff into the piano/after a certain climax has been achieved the pianist starts to play the closing phrases of the variation and the players return to their instruments and play an 8- bar coda.

3) the players roll on the floor, towards the audience the remaining marbles.

On the premiere on 6/3/2022, the pianist Assaf Shatil conducted the whole piece.