Three Pastorals by Lieven Martens

Recorded in the hamlet of Teixeiró and the hills around Gestaço, north Portugal during a singeing August 2016.

A portrait of the provinces.
The small groups, their communication
... and their dramatic impact. Performed by dogs and fireworks

and 'Four Pages': The seed of this work is a four-page aleatoric composition for piano - using themes from various existing piano sonatas. These were transformed into particles tucked between murmurous silences of a budget-friendly analog filter. Like the heat radiating from the asphalt. Like memories. Like quiet days