/open/control/1

Programme Note

/open/control/1 is note music. Big deal you might say, but in what some may consider a regressive move away from rigorously-defined combinations of instrumental colours and extended playing techniques, /open/control/1 concerns itself with structures made merely out of pitches, rhythms, and—to a lesser though still structurally significant extent—dynamics. Radical?

/open/control/1 leaves the designation and choice of instruments to the performing ensemble, thereby connecting loosely to the Real Books of jazz standards. It is, however, more Baroque in its conception. The pitch and rhythmic structures themselves are a million miles away, but the Baroque period's concentration on note music is clearly a link. And this is underlined by the designation of a concertino of two unspecified soloists plus unspecified bass and percussion parts, along with a ripieno of an open instrumental type and number.