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Duo
2024
Pitched Percussion
Unpitched Percussion
Vibraphone
- Program Notes
- “Zum zum zum” is an expression commonly used in Brazil as a reference to gossip or chatter. It can also be used as a reference to a quiet but noticeable rumour or rumble in which the semantic content is not clear. “Zum zum zum” is still an onomatopoeia of the sound of insects when close to the ears, such as the sound of a beetle. “Zum” can also remind the sound of a rapid movement displacing the air column near the ears, like a kick from a capoeira fighter. “Zum zum zum” is finally an expression that appears in many different oral tradition songs of Brazil, specially inside the capoeira circle. The expression, in this context of capoeira, can aso be a reference to Manoel Henrique Pereira (1895 —1924), known by the nickname of Besouro, which in Portuguese means beetle. Though a very simple expression consisting of the same word repeated three times, it suggested to me a certain musical flow which was explored in the form of the piece. I then imagined my own “Zum Zum Zum”, populated by the different references described above. In order to do so I have chosen to work with the berimbau, a traditional musical bow from Brazil very much connected to the capoeira tradition, and with a percussion set able to produce long resonant sounds or fast and dry gestures emulating a chatter being spread. This work aims finally to facilitate the musical interaction between a musician coming from an improvisational background practice and a musician coming from a classical background. The piece was developed through a collaborative process with the performers Adriano Adewale and Heigo Rosin and is dedicated to them.
- Recording Notes
- Performed and recorded at the Organo Hall of the Sibelius Academy (Finland); 05.06.2024 Performers: Adriano Adewale (berimbau); Heigo Rosin (percussion) Read more about the concert: https://www.uniarts.fi/en/events/marcelo-politano-intercultural-encounters/
- Performer Credits
- Adriano Adewale (berimbau); Heigo Rosin (percussion)
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