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The Treachery of Sounds

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  • Year(s)

    2022

  • Difficulty

    Advanced

  • Duration

    00:00 min

Movement Title(s):

I. Golconda (Full Instrumental Ensemble + electronics)
II. Forever Followed (Full Instrumental Ensemble + Baritone Voice + electronics)
III. The Listening Room (Piano, Percussion + electronics)
IV. The Banquet (electronics)
V. Time Transfixed (Full Instrumental Ensemble + electronics)
VI. Sirens’ Song (solo Soprano Voice + electronics)
VII. The Lovers (Full Instrumental Ensemble + electronics) – with dancers
VIII. The Wonders of Nature (Full Instrumental Ensemble + electronics)

Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte is known for thought-provoking images that challenge our pre-conceived notions of reality. From “The False Mirror” to “Not to be Reproduced” Magritte shows us time and again that the eye may well lie to us. But what of sounds? Do you trust them? Inspired by a series of specific Magritte paintings, Steven Bryant’s masterful “The Treachery of Sounds” grapples with music’s core integrity and authenticity, inviting us into surreal scenes of love, loss, alienation, attraction, and wonder.
Stories, scenarios, and lyrics by Kevin Noe and Lindsay Kesselman, choreography and dance by Gary Abbott of Deeply Rooted Dance Theater in Chicago.

https://www.pnme.org/july-21-22

Commissioned by: Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble

Premiered

July, 2022, City Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA

Technical Info

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Flute (dbl. Alto)
Clarinet in Bb (dbls. Bass)
Violin
Cello
Piano / Synth
Percussion

Soprano Voice
Baritone Voice