for bass clarinet, trombone, cello, and prepared piano

written for the 2019 outHEAR Festival

performed by
Felix Martl – bass clarinet
Mikael Rudolfsson – trombone
Leo Morello – cello
Joonas Ahonen – prepared piano
Dimitrios Polisoidis – conductor

program note
This piece is an attempt to explore the resonance and vibrancy of a collection of metallic objects, with the prepared piano serving as a center around which the other instruments constellate. The materials were arranged in a number of layers, where an active and insistent surface is underlined by a more static and subterraneous vibration. I hoped to create a certain cumulative energy by tuning together the acoustic instruments and the electrified objects. The title is named after the town of Sunol, California where a so-called “water temple” was erected in 1910 on top of the convergence of three subterranean water sources.

performance history
12/14/2019 – Klangforum Wien and PPCM at outHEAR Festival in Larissa, Greece
09/17/2021 – Tactus Project at Neubad, Lucerne, Switzerland
09/19/2021 – Tactus Project at Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich, Switzerland
10/01/2021 – Tactus Project at Ackermannshof, Basel, Switzerland