The Shattered Vessel

by Eva Kierten

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One 14:51
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Two 15:00

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Eva Kierten describes her music as ‘not concerned with narrative, drama or linear progression, but simply with motion, like the perpetual movement of stars around a fixed pole.’

The reference to stars is entirely apt for the two compositions on ‘Shattered Vessels’ — as her piano notes appear scattered across a great and silent darkness. The assembly may at first seem random, and certainly Kierten is not interested in conventional repetitions, or re-stating a particular melody, but repeated listens nevertheless evoke constellations of melody constantly shifting in space around a fixed tonal centre.

Referencing the overall title of the suite, we might also liken her hammer-like notes to infinitesimally small shards, endlessly reconfigured in a hopeless attempt to reconstitute the form of a lost artefact.

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released January 31, 2019

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Other Forms Of Consecrated Life Scotland, UK

Auditory excavations. Eremitic music. Pareidolia.

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