Alasdair Malloy plays the rarely used Glass Harmonica on «Remote Galaxy» Op.81 with Ralph Rousseau, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Philharmonia Orchestra during the recording sessions for the Grammy-nominated album REMOTE GALAXY (2L). http://www.fjb.space/publishing/remotegalaxy81.html — The very first time I listened to the instruments glass harmonica and viola da gamba, I became instantly and immensely fascinated by their unique individual quality, and the auditory gap these two instruments fill in the gamut of existing instruments. They both hold a distinctive non-voluminous character, and demand acute treatment of balance both in scores and in performance. Not only do surroundings seem frailer around these instruments, but they may also seem further away, for example when the dynamics of "ppp" are skillfully carried out. I envisioned these special qualities from the very commencement of composing «Remote Galaxy» Op.81 – a work that is written especially for the musician Ralph Rousseau in mind, and particularly his openness to playing the viola da gamba outside the traditional frames of baroque practice. The viola da gamba is an instrument with bands, like a guitar. The seven strings on the instrument used in «Remote Galaxy» Op.81 provide the instrument with a very wide register, which corresponds aptly with the "atmospheric conditions" essential in this work. The glass harmonica could be described as representing a tender "mass" in the mentioned galaxy, and this instrument enhances the sense of claustrophobia or suffocation one might expect to feel outside the atmosphere; an oxygen bereft area where it seems impossible for human beings to breathe. Flint Juventino Beppe #VladimirAshkenazy #conductor #RalphRousseau #ViolaDaGamba #AlasdairMalloy #GlassHarmonica #PhilharmoniaOrchestra #FlintJuventinoBeppe #composer #MortenLindberg #producer #RemoteGalaxy #album #2L #label #Grammy2015 (hier: Watford Colosseum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEyZIJtig1e/?igshid=lf95a4yih6cv