capriccio (2003)_
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...takes takes the idea of perpetual motion to a new level. For those music lovers familiar with Louis Andriessen's music for the short film M is for Man, Music, Mozart (Peter Greenaway), Capriccio uses a similar treatment of rhythm to what Andriessen saw as the "demystifying of Mozart".
Underpinning the work is what could be considered a pulse, similar to so much of the Mozartian-Classical period, but with a potent mix of satirical humour and Stravinskian mischief. Not only through the juxtaposition of dissimilar effects and musical fragmentation, there are other tensions—mostly to do with the parody of the "musical climax". If parody succeeds, everyone laughs; if not, everyone laughs at you.
It comes as no surprise, for example, when midway through Capriccio the percussion player moves to the drum kit to accompany a light "groove" for the violin. Salecich makes no distinction between 'low' or 'high' art. Like the free-trade market, Salecich often sees music around him as a commodity—to be exploited and/or abused in the most fragmentary manner in a form of pseudo-flattery and deconstruction. In the case of the drum kit, no sooner than it appears, it disappears in yet another example of musical schizophrenia—undoubtedly a fitting example of this multi-faceted and exciting work.
- recorded by
- Spiros Rantos cond.
- Brisbane Chamber Orchestra (AUS)
- July 2003
Rodney Jacobson sound engineer GREVILLEA STUDIOS | Brisbane, AUSTRALIA