Ultroneous Baloney | Verk

Waiting for inspiration to eventually turn up always poses the risk that the wait will last forever. An expedient technique for eliminating that risk, and to instantly plant a creative seed, is to pick one or more random words as your starting point, and then force yourself to create something in association with them.

In my case, a web app for yielding such a random word gave me (very fittingly) the word “Baloney”, roughly meaning nonsensical chitchat. In a way, music is often like baloney, in the sense that it is attempting to communicate something but without explicit meaning, although often with great emotion. Therefore, in this piece, the different instruments are communicating with each other, sharing a certain amount of syntactic expressions while going through a range of emotions, while the subject of conversation remains unknown; perhaps reminiscent of observing a conversation in a foreign language.

Verktyp: Komposition
År: 2020
Titlar: Ultroneous Baloney (en)
Genrer: Konstmusik
Beställare: Mostly Modern Projects
Durata: 5′ 30″
Antal satser: 1
Instrumentation: Pianokvartett; Fullständig instrumentation (4 musiker)

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Piano

Inspelningar (2)

Exponential Ensemble performing Ultroneous Baloney by Fritiof Palm. (med Exponential Ensemble)

Roller: Kompositör
Utgivningsdatum: 2023-02-15
Durata: 5′ 36″
Genrer: Konstmusik
Innefattade verk: Ultroneous Baloney
Innefattade evenemang: Exponential Ensemble
Medverkande: Exponential Ensemble (musiker)

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Ultroneous Baloney - Fritiof Palm | Mostly Modern Festival (med Exponential Ensemble)

Roller: Kompositör
Utgivningsdatum: 2022-08-17
Durata: 5′ 38″
Genrer: Konstmusik
Innefattade verk: Ultroneous Baloney
Innefattade evenemang: Exponential Ensemble
Medverkande: Exponential Ensemble (musiker)

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Uppföranden (3)

uruppförande, finalExponential Ensemble: 2022-06-09 19:30 UTC−04; Arthur Zankel Music Center, Saratoga Springs, NY (US); Musiker: Exponential Ensemble, evenemangsarrangör: Mostly Modern Projects

Exponential Ensemble: 2022-11-17 19:30 UTC−05; Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (US); Musiker: Exponential Ensemble

Dreamscapes: 2023-03-09 19:00 UTC−05; Christ & Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church, New York, NY (US); Musiker: Exponential Ensemble