Simon Steen-Andersen (1976)

Besides (2003)

pour piano amplifié, flûte piccolo, violon et trio de cordes "étouffé"

electronic work

  • General information
    • Composition date : 2003
    • Duration : 13 mn
    • Editor : Edition-S
Detailed formation
  • piano [amplifié] , flûte piccolo, 2 violons, alto, violoncelle

Creation information

  • Date : 16 August 2004
    Location :

    Suède, Stockholm, UNM Festival


    Performers :

    EnsembleN.

Information about electronic
Electronic device : amplification

Program note

Beside besides... and b-sides or backsides, BESIDES is the non existing plural of being next to. Beside the inherent drama in the confrontation between very soft playing heavily amplified and very loud playing on instruments heavily damped with practice mutes, the amplification also makes the instruments able to appear in two different spatial contexts - in different besides.