related works

Celestial Colours : for flute and vibraphone / Spiros Mazis

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fl vibr

Neoposing palaeoplain : for double string quartet and two mandolins, 1984-87, revision 1988 / Kim Bouwman

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: 2man 4vl 2vla 2vc

Dwarfs and Elves (dwelling in Niflheim) : for bassoon and string quartet / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fg 2vl vla vc

Harmoniumseptet [Wien Neêrlands bloed] : voor twee violen, altviool, twee violoncelli, contrabas en harmonium / Johannes Gijsbertus Bastiaans

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: harm str

composition

Celestial Colours : for flute and vibraphone / Spiros Mazis

Other authors:
Mazis, Spiros (Composer)
Description:
Celestial Colours was written in one of the multiharmonic, multispectral modes that I have devised and use. The specific modes are based upon new formations of sounds beyond the 8va, and in this specific piece are based on 64 notes.
I tried to maintain a spontaneous equilibrium. Each musical element appears and then disappears without any additional treatment, like the feeling of a moment that will be duly succeeded by another.
The sound of the flute and vibraphone (specially played with a bow) reminds me of the colourful picture “Celestial Colours” that I once saw on NASA’s website and which forms part of the Eagle Nebula.
Spiros Mazis