Live instruments + electronics
& electroacoustic pieces
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Created through an ongoing exchange between Francesca Le Lohé and Berlin-based writer, Charlotte Wührer. The exchange began when Francesca composed a new short work for solo sho in response to Charlotte’s fiction work “Nine-to-Five”. Charlotte then wrote new text in response to this music, which was then passed back to Francesca to respond to with more new music etc. This “back-and-forth” of inspiration culminated in the piece “After 9-5”.
Major performances: "Assorted Sounds" @ OTOOTO, Tokyo (2021). Sho: Atsumi Kojima |
Commissioned by Gavin Osborn, flautist of Trio Atem. "Far From Arcadia" pays tribute to Debussy's "Syrinx", a core work of the solo flute repertoire, by similarly taking the Greek god Pan's search for the nymph, Syrinx as inspiration.
Major performances: St Ann's Church, Manchester, UK (2014) Elgar Concert Hall, Birmingham, UK (2015) |
TROH-moh-s (τρόμος) translates as ‘trembling’; our protagonist trembling with anxiety, desire and jealousy each time she meets the object of her affections. Text by Sappho (615-550BC), usually referred to as Fragment 31.
Major performances: Dana Cerminaro at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (2013), Akane Kudo at Suginami Koukaido Hall, Tokyo (2016) |