Prossime Trascendenze
Due Sestetti (2015)
for soprano sax, C trumpet, trombone, basset horn, viola, double bass.
1. Daphne (Dal dipinto omonimo di Felice Casorati
2. The Nestled Thought (Dal dipinto “Donna Sdraiata” di Felice Casorati)
Gianni Mimmo: soprano sax
Michele Marelli: basset horn
Mario Mariotti: C trumpet
Angelo Contini: trombone
Benedict Taylor: viola
Fabio Sacconi: double bass
Cinque Multipli (2014)
for soprano sax, english horn, french horn, violin, percussion
1. Ivy and Birds
2. Five Facet
-observing
-describing
-acting with awareness
-non-judging of inner experience
-non-reacting of inner experience
3. Esercizio della Distanza
4. Dress Code
5. Aspera
Gianni Mimmo: soprano sax
Mario Arcari: english horn
Martin Mayes: french horn
Alison Blunt: violin
Marco Clivati: percussion
All music composed by Gianni Mimmo
Recorded at Elfo Studio on November 26, 2014 and on May, 15, 2015.
Sound Engineer: Alberto Callegari
Editing and mixing: Fabio Sacconi
Mastering: Maurizio Giannotti, New Mastering studio, Milano, Italy
Liner notes: Massimo Ricci
Graphics: Mirko Spino
Produced by Gianni Mimmo for Amirani Records
Forms, shapes, their dislocation in space, their own dynamics, functions, their contagious outputs and expressive inner logic.
Constellations, definitely.
Composing was to look at them as parts of a complex system, keeping transparency in mind as the final goal […]
Gianni Mimmo
Pivotal work in Mimmo’s discography this “Prossime Trascendenze” explores the intriguing relationships between composed and improvised forms, “tight corners” and collective interplay.
A seamless orchestration toward a higher level of articulation that leads the listener through a textural pulsing structure where enlightened details deliver a splendid intelligibility.
In his liner Massimo Ricci states: […] Across the contrapuntal tableau and the solipsistic fragments we can walk slowly, inhale deeply and observe the small particles against the light rays […]
“Prossime Trascendenze” is a body of compositions Gianni Mimmo wrote between 2014 and 2015, consisting of graphic scores intended as formal structures and improvisational strategy for Quintet and Sextet ensembles.
The scores are quite detailed (duration, height, dynamics, etc.), as the idea is to develop a kind of strategy by moving across the given form.
According to Mimmo’s definition these scores provoke a “Navigation through form”:
“I consider these scores as maps traced on a puddle.
A single touch can transform the whole reflection, delivering rippled skies, deviating the calm transit of generous clouds” […]