(1994) recorder (double-bass and tenor) and live computer [8’]
Premiered at Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte di Montepulciano, Chiesa di San Francesco, July 1994
Recorders: Antonello Politano
Sound projection: Roberto Doati
A closed book: virgin substance.
Opening the book: substance working.
Page 1
Coming from the sea, the matter is attracted by a black hole.
Page 2
The black hole: History. Fantasia, tripla, Renaissance dance, lamento, motet. Collapse: just the salt, free from waters, can escape.
Page 3
Salt as crystallization, solidification, stability, balance of its components properties.
Closing the book: substance has been made fertile.
Salt, whose taste is indestructible, is also symbol of friendship with Antonio Politano, hand-working alchemist of valuable sounds.