PEJSAŽI PREKMURJA (The landscapes of Prekmurje)
Every landscape has its own character and its own sound.
In Prekmurje (Slovenia), both the landscape and its inhabitants have shaped and preserved their distinctive identity through historical isolation. The poems of Prekmurje represent the sonority of the region in which the author grew up. In doing so, they carefully and sensitively reveal the many layers and characteristics of the Pannonian countryside, which is told in small, almost imperceptible stories. In response to the regional landscape, the local inhabitants record their inspirations in a distinct linguistic dialect. This has also been preserved in literature throughout history.
The poetry of Prekmurje appeals to us in many ways. Texts by Prekmurje authors (D. Šarotar, F. Lainšček, M. Vincetič, M. Kranjec, J. Novak, etc.) are melodiously blended into music inspired by sound recordings of nature and the artistic expression of the author.
To really listen to them, they require a calm body and mind. The result is the silence that is necessary in art for words to connect and a poem to be born. It is a space from which music is born and an opportunity for the listener to be invited into the auditory world of the invisible waves of the Pejsaži Prekmurja.
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Vsaka krajina ima svoj značaj in svoj zven. Tako pokrajina, kot tudi njeni prebivalci so v Prekmurju preko zgodovinske odcepljenosti izoblikovali ter ohranili značilno identiteto. Pejsaži Prekmurja upodabljajo zvočnost regije, v kateri sem odraščala. Pri tem skrbno in z občutkom odstirajo mnogotere plasti in značilnosti panonskega podeželja, ki nam pripoveduje v majhnih, skorajda neopaznih zgodbah.
V odzven regionalnim pokrajinskim značilnostim, tamkajšnji prebivalci svoje navdihe beležijo v izrazitem jezikovnem narečju. Ta se je skozi zgodovino ohranil tudi v literaturi.
Pejsaži Prekmurja nas nagovarjajo večplastno. Besedila prekmurskih avtorjev (Dušan Šarotar, Feri Lainšček, Milan Vincetič, Miško Kranjec, Jožef Novak, Franjo Horvat in Ivan Krampač) se melodično prelivajo v glasbo, ki je nastala po navdihu zvočnih posnetkov narave in lastnega umetniškega izraza.
Da jim lahko zares prisluhnemo, od nas zahtevajo umirjeno telo in um. Nastane tišina, ki je potrebna v umetnosti, da se besede povežejo in se rodi pesem. Je prostor, iz katerega se rodi glasba in priložnost za poslušalca, da se prepusti vabilu v slušni svet nevidnega valovanja Pejsažov Prekmurja.
credits
released May 21, 2023
Alja Petric - keyboards (2,3,5,6), crystal bowls (1,8), Himalayan bowls (6), percussion (6), voice, field recordings, music author
Dušan Šarotar - recitation (1)
Rok Zalokar - piano (4)
Produced by Alja Petric & Jernej Babnik Romaniuk
Sound design & design by Jernej Babnik Romaniuk
Photographs by Alja Petric
Publisher: Modra Safira Institute, 2023
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Alja Petric - klaviature (2,3,5,6), kristalne posode (1,8), himalajske posode (6), tolkala (6), glas, terenski posnetki, avtorica glasbe
Dušan Šarotar - recitacija (1)
Rok Zalokar - pianino (4)
Alja Petric devoted her life to exploration of the art of music, voice-sound frequencies and their influence on human
beings.Her musical pursuits range from the interpretation of musical traditions from diverse cultures, to projects of musical poetry, jazz and contemporary experimental sound performances.
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