Misticismo e performance musical: uma proposta interpretativa de obras para flauta de Mario Lavista e Torü Takemitsu

• Autor(a) principal: Ponce de Léon, Marisa
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34624/postip.v4i4.5068

Mysticism has conditioned the behaviour of humans ever since: in the form of life, rituals, superstitions, religious beliefs or unconscious actions, being these some examples that we can observe in the life of any person. Mysticism is present also in music, in sacred music and in other streams, including contemporary music. As a performer, I recognize that mysticism influenced somehow, consciously or/and unconsciously, the performance. The interpretative proposal addresses two pieces for solo flute of two contemporary composers: Mario Lavista (Mexican, 1943-) and Töru Takemitsu (Japanese, 1930-1996), who, deriving from different cultural and spiritual traditions, are both markedly influenced by mysticism. The approach to mysticism is made from a figurative and analogic perspective of the pieces Lamento by Lavista and Voice by Takemitsu, by their symbology and sonority in contemporary musical language. In the performance of such pieces, the possibilities of interpretation are expanded by complementing the transverse flute with ancient instruments of known therapeutic character, like gongs, crystal bowls and conch shell. These instruments, used both in the West as in the East to create meditative environments, are introduced to stimulate the awareness and increase the sensitivity of the senses, both of interpreter and listener.