Closer ( Musica Callada by Federico Mompou, 40 years after his death)

- the most secret regions of our spirit-

piano/historical piano - Keiko Shichijo duration: 70’

The project ‘CLOSER’ was born in the period of the Corona crisis as a performance of 20min. format to host only 1 (bubble of) audience in one space for each performance with a program mixed classical and contemporary piano solo works, including the works by Kurtág, Tailleferre, C.P.E.Bach, Cage and others. The aim of this performance was to turn the experience of social distance and isolation into personal, individual, and unique spiritual journeys to celebrate and embrace lives.
It has been 5 years since this project has started and during those last 5 years ‘CLOSER’ kept changing its form and program contents based on the same spiritual and meditative motivation.
In the next season, ‘Closer’ will be presented with the composition ‘Música Callada’ by Catalan composer Federico Mompou (1893-1987), to remember and embrace his music after 40 years of his death.

About Música Callada, word by Mompou himself

“This music has nor air or light. It is a weak heart beat. One doesn’t ask that it move far in space, but its mission is to penetrate in the great depths of our soul and in the most secret regions of our spirit. This music is quiet (callada) because we hear it internally. Contained and reserved. Its emotion is secret and only takes a sonorous form in the resonances under the great cold dome of our loneliness. I hope that my música callada, this newborn, brings us closer to new warmth of life, and the expression of the human heart, that is always the same and always renewing.”

Program
Federico Mompou: Musica Callada (1959-1967)