white as ash - ricercar [Orfeas-zyklus] solo piano
"'Isn't there a chance they might find her one day? They found those other two . . .' Nuto was sitting on a low wall and watching me with his stubborn eyes. He shook his head. 'No, not Santa,' he said. 'They won't find her. You can't cover a woman like that with dirt and just leave her. Too many men still drooled at the thought of her. Baracca took care. He had us cut all the dry branches we could find in the vineyard and cover her over. Then we poured gasoline on her and lit it. By noon it was all ash. The mark was still there last year, like the bed of a bonfire.'" - Cesare Pavese, the Moon and the Bonfires
Premiered by Renate Rohlfing at the 2015 Loretto Project in Nerinx, KY. Dedicated to Jana Luksts. Jana has since performed white as ash - ricercar multiple times - Toronto CA, New York, St. Johns, CA (Sound Symposium Festival), Viitasaari, FI (Time of Music Aika), Darmstadt, DE (Darmstadt IMD), and Thessaloniki GR. This cycle is a continuous work-in-progress with Jana Luksts and others.
Recorded Benzaquen Hall, Dimenna Center, NYC Audio and video by Braund Studios Year: 2014-15 Dedicated to Jana Luksts Premiere: Renate Rohlfing, Loretto Motherhouse, Loretto Project 2015 Audio:
