Michel van der Aa - Spaces of Blank (2007)
00:00 I. Somber brass blocks vaporize in a stratosphere of high-frequency electronica and cool, soft strings. 01:19 Emily Dickinson "From Blank to Blank". The music takes on a nervous energy. Frantic string and woodwind runs 03:41 Rozalie Hirs "Empty I stumble upon my last angel" (5:35) A luscious yet piercing chorale 08:30 II. Dickinson "Solitude of space". Soft, anxious counterpoint of strings and voice; striking interruptions of percussion and electronics (10:49) (11:54) Violent winds and electronic scramble end the poem 12:17 Anne Carson "Why did I awake lonely". Pensive arpeggiated chords, nervous shaking strings (14:46) Fierce horn soli among violent brass strings 15:45 A slow and mysterious ending, prominently featuring 2 vibraphones 17:56 III. Rapid buzzing of strings and electronics. Warm brass, but their disjointed entrances only add upon the anxiety (19:00) Hirs "Here is a white space" 21:37 Sweet and luminous, almost meditative among gongs and woodblocks 23:31 An anxious chorale, slowly growing to an enormous intensity, and suddenly cutting out to (25:28) an utterly lonely ending: singer alone with distant high-frequency ambient sounds