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PORTARE

by Stefan Hardt

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1.
Portare I 06:43
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2.
Portare II 08:53
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3.
Portare III 10:56
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4.
Portare IV 05:27
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5.
Portare V 11:42
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6.
Portare VI 06:11
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about

Portare means to bring and carry.

What or who is carrying us?

The instrument is portable. That´s why it´s named portative. But you play it sitting on a stool, it lays upon your left thigh. For it stands upright, the left foot rests on a log and its bottom side is arched. Behind the keys there are the pipes. With the left hand you press the bellow, with the right hand you touch the keys. Also there are lead weights to create drones, that is to say mostly deep sustained notes.

In a certain way it´s about an extinct instrument. It is still produced, on demand and/or in small quantities but only used in performances of Early Music. In the Middle Ages though it was en vogue.

You can let tones sound up to 45 seconds. Pressing the bellow either hard or gentle you also have a certain influence on the height of tones and can produce »dirty« chords and/or intervals.
I was interested in the interferences, the chafing oscillations and wolfe tones of these intervals.
Actually PORTARE is one self-contained piece, nevertheless do the six tracks also have a beginning and an end.


For further information and more photos see:
stimmgang.blogspot.com
Dort gibt es auch den Text auf Deutsch.

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released April 11, 2017

Stefan Hardt - portative, flute & composition

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