Ricochet – Kinaesthetic Empathy in String Quartet Performance
Exploring movement, gesture, and audience perception.
Commissioned by Flinders Quartet as part of their Ascend Commissioning Program 2024, Ricochet focuses on kinaesthetic empathy at an intimate scale. The work is rooted in physical movement, both metaphorically and literally where the ricochet bowing technique propels sound in unpredictable trajectories, creating a visceral connection between performers and audience.
Unlike Qualifying, which expresses energy through narrative, Ricochet places the listener in close proximity to the physical act of playing. The immediacy of movement and gesture creates a direct sensory engagement, immersing the audience in the raw, tactile energy of the performance.
Featured here are:
a) Video of the premiere at David Li Sound Gallery November 27, 2024
b) Full Score of the piece
d) List of collaborators:
Composer: Nicole Brady
Performers: Flinders Quartet
Elizabeth Sellars (violin)
Wilma Smith (violin)
Helen Ireland (viola)
Zoe Knighton (cello)
