Wiatr - Agnieszka Widlarz
This miniature for children’s voices, solo violin and fixed media grew out of a participatory process that I developed over several months with children from Warsaw’s Agatka Preschool. From the outset, the work was conceived for the active involvement of its five- and six-year-old performers. Their participation determined both the miniature’s form and content and directly shaped the choice of performing resources. Whispered and spoken sounds alternate with delicate, hushed singing, while faint instrumental sounds in the background complete the vocal layer. Filled with a subtle instrumental ground from which successive timbral qualities emerge, the work’s soundscape is an impression that invites us to pause amid the everyday rush, listen to the sounds around us, and hear the Wind…