"Sleeping patterns" for ensemble (2022), London sinfonietta (excerpt) by Juste Janulyte published on 2023-04-05T09:55:18Z perf. by London sinfonietta, cond. Jack Sheen. 2nd of December 2022, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank center, London (UK) "To dream is to forget.." - Fernando Pessoa. The Book of Disquiet "I’ve been living with the minor second all my life and I finally found a way to handle it…" Morton Feldman, 1982 Co-commissioned by and written for Ensemble Modern, London Sinfonietta and Remix Ensemble Cyclically floating between different phases of density and intensity, minor and major, slowing or accelerating waves, the piece is woven from hypnotically repetitive patterns of 7 slightly different tempos which intertwine through 16 lines of the ensemble conceived as a complex human body with regular breathing, heart beating, eye movements, blood flow etc., all happening at the same time but not synchronised. The title “Sleeping Patterns” refers to the brain wave oscillations through different sleep stages as well as to the Morton Feldman’s question “Why Patterns?” Duration: 20’ Instrumentation: fl, ob, cl, bsn, tpt, hn, tbn, acc, kbd, 2 vibr, 2 vln, vla, vc, cb © Éditions Salabert/Universal Music Publishing Classical