Space Exploration (2020)
for string quartet // 3'
for the Australian String Quartet
funded by the Creative Partnerships Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund, and made possible with thanks to generous support form the Thyne Reid Foundation
Recorded at ABC Adelaide, South Australia, Kaurna Country, September 2021
Produced by Jakub Gaudasinski
Recording Engineer Tom Henry
Mixed & Mastered by Jakub Gaudasinski
Performance history
Australian String Quartet
November 2021
The Lab, Adelaide
Four Winds Festival Pavilion, Bermagui
Alkyona Quartet
May 2022
ANAM Quartetthaus, Melbourne Museum
Artwork – Jim Tsinganos Illustration
About
An encore like this gives an opportunity to really explore an atmosphere or a space rather than a fully-fledged musical narrative. This short work uses a limited harmonic range and delicate fleeting textures to very actively stay in the one spot, like a hyperactive nocturne.