corridors, stairways, night and day is an “open work”: in that it comprises a number of musical elements that may be arranged in a variety of ways to create a performance. In this sense, the exploration of different materials by the soloist evokes a journey through an imaginary space: the “corridors” and “stairways” of the title. This imaginary space is also (figuratively) in motion: revolving through a “night” and a “day” state. The work was inspired by Max Ernst’s painting Day and Night (1942), which depicts a nocturnal landscape strewn with windows (or canvases) depicting the same landscape in the daylight.
A live record from the legendary Diamanda Galás finds the artist exploring the outer fringes of pop with only her voice and a piano. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 30, 2024