related works

The Dickinson Songs: Whispers of Love, Nature and Death (Volume I) : 10 songs for soprano and piano / soprano, violoncello and electronics / Spiros Mazis; poems by Emily Dickinson

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: sopr pf / sopr vc tape

Trio no. IX : voor fluit, altviool en gitaar, 1962 / Henk Badings

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

Fuga : flauto, oboe, violino, viola, organo, 1938 / Henk Badings

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fl ob org vl vla

Music and space : rondo, for 2 organs and 5 brass winds / Piet Kee

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: 3trp 2trb 2org

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