11 days of eveolution
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano
program notes:
The piece is inspired by a scientific study on the evolvement of antibiotic resistance during a
period of 11 days. The study was filmed and is shown in a 2 minutes YouTube video, and so we
can see the actual evolvement of the antibiotic resistance through mutants competing with each
other, becoming extinct or resisting and spreading, reaching higher levels of antibiotics, mutating
and evolving again and so on.
Eventually, some of the bacteria develop antibiotic resistance, but through the process they
transform into completely new forms and shapes, connecting to one another but in a way that
might still preserve something of their original nature.
Link to the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yybsSqcB7mE&ab_channel=ScienceNews
I was extremely inspired by the fact that we can actually see the process of evolution, and so,
while you listen the piece, I would like to encourage you to think of the material you hear as
being projected from the original cell, listen to the ‘mutants’ you encounter and try to recognize if
they survive and spread or become extinct.
A waggle dance manual
Bariton singer, trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet
Program notes:
Inspired by Julio Cortázar’s Instructions Manual , the piece unfolds as a set of “directions”
for an imaginary beehive. Communication flows through gesture, texture, and imitation
— much like the waggle dance of bees, where movement translates into meaning. Listen for the “leading bee”: it might be one instrument, a pair, or a shifting cluster
guiding the others.
Ishay Brokshtain 