ENRICO CHAPELA BARBA
COMPOSER
irracional
Chamber Orchestra
Work commissioned by the New Paths in Music Festival, New York.
An irrational number cannot be expressed as a fraction of one whole number divided by another, and its decimal representation extends infinitely without repeating patterns. Translated into musical values, this property implies an inexhaustible and unrepeatable source of material for composition.
The title Irracional not only refers to the use of the first sixty decimal places of π for the composition of this work; it also alludes to the fact that music is not science. While it can be composed and described using numbers, it only makes sense if it evokes emotion. Just as irrational numbers cannot be fully expressed as a fraction of one integer over another, music cannot be fully explained by formulas.
DISCOGRPAHY
BITÁCORA
2018
Enrico Chapela Barba
Urtext Digital Classics
PERFORMANCES
Oberlin Orchestra and Contemporary Music Ensemble, Ohio, USA, Rafael Jiménez, conductor.
Ensamble de Música Contemporánea del Conservatorio Nacional de Mexico. Germán Tort, conductor.
Sydney Conservatorium, Sydney, Australia. Daryl Pratt, conductor.
The Cornerstone, Liverpool Hope University. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Clark Rundell, conductor.
World Premiere at the New Paths in Music Festival, New York, USA. City University, Graduate Center, Elebash Recital Hall, The New Paths Chamber Ensemble. David Alan Miller, conductor.
December 17, 2021
June 1, 2015
May 24 ,2013
January 25, 2012
June 6, 2009