Acoustic Music

with Voice

Performed by Gageego

Nordic Music Journeys, RSNO New Auditorium, Glasgow January 2024 Alfred Jimenez - with Voice: My piece “with Voice” was selected and if I am to say some words about the piece I have to say something about my view on music in general. Definition and purpose are often confused where one often limits while to other is motivation and meaning, my first step is often to separate them. Rather than completely defining sounds, I try to change its reason and role in a performance, and though that, seeking to reduce definition. Instead of prescribing specific recipes for sound, I want to provoke responses from the performers, seeking a reflection of their being, innocence in their actions and a private purpose within each individual. I see it as both my duty and passion to explore a contemporary music performance that transcends tradition, preferences of genre, to come closer to an elusive nature of sound. The language which is used matters less than what is said and, most importantly, why it is said. My unwavering intention is to impact the performers and enable the audience to bear witness to that impact. With showcase concerts from contemporary music specialists Gageego! (Sweden) providing a snapshot of the latest new music from Sweden. Presented by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in collaboration with Föreningen Svenska Tonsättare (Sweden's society of composers), the event is supported by Sweden's performing rights society, STIM.

no hay banda

No hay banda for solo trombone. Dedicated and premiered by Daniil Gorokhov 2021 in Basel, Switzerland.

Habit of body

Habit of Body (2021) for baritone saxophone and double bass

Written for and premiered in the context of the 5th International ilSUONO Contemporary Music Week 2021 https://www.ilsuonoacademy.com/

Performed by: Michele Bianchini, baritone saxophone Giacomo Piermatti, double bass https://www.michelebianchini.net/ https://www.ensemblesuonogiallo.net/

sit down, all truths are kept silent

Recorded in Basel, Switzerland in November 2020 as part of the concert series "AnfAng"

Performed by Latenz Ensemble

Conducted by Friederike Scheunchen

Video: Erwin Fonseca ©latenz ensemble, 2020

Perpetuate Obstruction

Performed by Awkas Ensemble

Bera Romairone - Saxophones

Tatiana Timonina - Flutes

Yunah Proost - Cello

as a result of eccentricity

For solo Accordion.

Performed by Eva Zöllner (Home recording during covid 19)

Mute Ascends

Premiered by Vertixe Sonora

Jesús Coello - bassoon, Nuno Marques - electric guitar, Ángel Faraldo - electronics

Find a quiet place and gulp thick air

Performed in Basel by Ensemble Boswil 2020

No Drama:Synchronous Acts of Silencing

Text by: My Roman Fagerlind
Music and concept: Alfred Jimenez
Commissioned and made possible by The Swedish Arts Committee (Konstnärsnämnden)

———Musicians———
Conductor: Jaime Volfson
Bass Flute/Piccolo - Elena Gabbrielli
Bass Clarinet - Szilárd Benes
Voice: Elisabeth Ekberg, Mari Galambos Grue
Violoncello: Anna Maria Niemiec