Wave Files - Seán Morgan-Rooney
In an expanded live version of his new EP “Wave Files”, music for piano and electronics, the Irish pianist Seán Morgan-Rooney shares a personal artistic response to Maurice Ravel’s Miroirs suite for solo piano through his own compositions for piano and electronics, as well as through original films created together with Boris Peters. The intertwined media create a dialogue between the performer and Ravel, exploring the significance of nature in their respective emotional worlds, while also celebrating the pastoral heritage of the performer's family.
“The eye sees itself not, but by reflection, by some other things...”
Maurice Ravel cited this particular quote from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar as the inspiration for his solo piano suite Miroirs.
In this performance, four pieces written by the performer for piano and electronics bring an extra dimension to the idea of reflection in Ravel’s suite. These original works reflect the natural themes of Ravel’s music and communicate a personal musical response to each piece.
In collaboration with cinematographer Boris Peters, the performer has created original films which reflect the music's natural themes and which aim to convey an inner emotional world through reflections, memories and scenes of the nature in which he grew up. The performer’s mother plays a role in conveying the connection to the land through recordings of spoken memories and poetry.
Programme:
Overture
Seán Morgan-Rooney
Miroirs: I. Noctuelles
Maurice Ravel
Miroirs: II. Oiseaux tristes
Maurice Ravel
Pneumaplume
Seán Morgan-Rooney
Miroirs: III. Une barque sur l’océan
Maurice Ravel
Wavephile
Seán Morgan-Rooney
Miroirs: IV. Alborada del gracioso
Maurice Ravel
Ignis beat
Seán Morgan-Rooney
Miroirs: V. La vallée des cloches
Maurice Ravel
Earth - tether - ether
Seán Morgan-Rooney
Seán Morgan-Rooney - piano
This performance has been made possible partly with the support of AFK and Amarte fonds
Photo: Marco Borggreve
