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U Mangibeddu Nostru (2018)

from Compositions [live recordings] by Cat Hope

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U Mungibeddu Nostru is written for the Herz Ensemble, commissioned by the Eduard van Beinum Foundation, at the request of Kate Moore. this is a live recording of the premiere at Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in September 2018.
For Orazio Arena

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I became familiar with the Tarantella during the time I lived in Sicily in the 1990s, where I was fascinated by the idea of Tarantella as a ‘curative’ dance performed by pairs of women in villages on the slopes of the active volcano in Sicily, Mount Etna (Mangibeddu in Sicilian). This piece uses the Tarantella to link my current life in Australia to the formative years I lived in Sicily. A vinyl record of Tarantella, found in a Sicilian market, and ‘prepared’ with a personal note etched into the surface. The graphic score is made of colours extracted from the cover of that record. All that remains of the dance form – its frenetic energy and 6/8 rhythms - resides in this modified record – and the work is instead underpinned by low frequency sounds and drones, the result of years of listening to the mystique of Mangibeddu, and thinking about the impact this important place has had on my life and friendships.

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from Compositions [live recordings], released January 30, 2013
For cello, viola, violin, electric guitar, organ, cor anglais, percussion and turntable.

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Cat Hope Perth, Australia

Cat Hope is an Australian composer, sound artist, songwriter, flautist, bassist and vocalist. This site features samples of her work as a composer (Cat Hope, Decibel), noise artist (Fetish, Abe Sada, Lux Mammoth) and pop musician (Gata Negra).

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