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Balloon Work

(2011)

  • 5 musicians: Guitar, 4 Balloons

  • Duration: ca. 4-5 min.

  • First performed on October 27, 2011, in Aberdeen, Scotland, by the Curious Chamber Players: Frederik Munk Larsen (guitar), Anna Melander, Kristine Tjøgersen, Karin Hellqvist, and Malin Bång, conducted by Rei Munakata.


Balloon Work brings five musicians together in a playful, physical exploration of sound. Four performers manipulate balloons—generating squeaks, breath sounds, friction, and inflation noises—while a fifth drags a friction mallet across the back of a guitar to evoke whale song. TR, 2021

Tomi Raisanen, composer

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