ENRICO CHAPELA BARBA
COMPOSER
li po
Chamber Orchestra with Electronics
Commissioned by Los Angeles Philharmonic and Esa Pekka Salonen, 2009.
This work is based on the poem "Li Po" by José Juan Tablada who based this text on the life and work of the Chinese poet Li Po. Tablada supports the story told in the poem through the use of calligrams. The first time I saw this poem I was amazed by its visual presentation, but it was when I discovered the beauty of the words hidden in the calligrams that I surrendered completely to Tablada and knew that I had to compose a work based on this poem.
First, I recorded myself reading the poem, over and over again, until I was satisfied with the reading. Then I made a detailed transcription of the recording into musical notation. Then I recorded each phoneme separately, and using a spectral analyzer, I obtained the series of formants of the timbre of each phoneme.
Finally, I prepared the electronic part of the work using the phonemes and the recording of the reading, and using the poem as the structure, I composed the instrumental part based on the transcription of the reading and the spectral analysis of the phonemes.
Li Po was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and Esa Pekka Salonen.
DISCOGRAPHY
AWARDS
May-June 2010
Selected Work for performance at the 32nd Manuel Enriquez New Music Forum at CNA, Mexico City.
PERFORMANCES
Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, Finney Chapel, Oberlin, Ohio. Rafael Jiménez, conductor.
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater at Bard College, NY. Contemporaneous. David Bloom, conductor.
Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, Spokane Symphony Orchestra. Eckart Preu, conductor.
UC Berkeley Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra. Joana Carneiro, conductor.
Ordway Center, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota. Joana Carneiro, conductor.
Le Poisson Rouge, NYC. Metropolis Ensemble. Andrew Cyr, conductor.
MusicNow series with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Cliff Colnot, conductor.
Mexican Premiere at the Manuel Enriquez New Music Forum at the Blas Galindo Concert Hall at CENART. Mexico City. Mexican National Symphony Orchestra. José Luis Castillo, conductor.
World Premiere at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Green Umbrella new music series. The Los Angeles Philharmonic. Los Angeles, California, EUA. Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.
April 17, 2021
August 13, 2015
March 21, 2014
October 27, 2011
February 17, 2011
Juanuary 27, 2011
October 4, 2010
May 30, 2010
April 7, 2009