7 mouth harmonicas (G, A, B, C, D, E, F), button accordion
The piece refers to the unrealized project by Konstantin Melnikov, "Sonata
of sleep" (1929). This plot, sinister enough, was a
health resort for sleep treatment, a huge dormitory, where hundreds of
people had to sleep healthy and collectively under accompaniment of
specially selected, live performed music and sounds of nature.
The composition is ghostly monotimbral; its form is built as a serie of
asymmetrically nested concentric circles: each type of material is
concentrated in its place, and extends back and forth, interacting with
other types.
"Collectivision" is written for the 9th Pythian Games of
The Pro Arte Foundation and
dedicated to Sergei Tchirkov.