I’m listening to “dead wasps in the jam-jar (ii),” a string work by Clara Iannotta, and I’m disoriented. Though I play violin in string orchestras, and have for years, I feel like a layperson without any visual information. How do the performers make those frog croaks—bowing overpressure, probably, but with or without the left hand? What are those sustained metallic-sounding tones? The description doesn’t give me any clues. If only I could trust myself.
Deep Listen: Clara Iannotta
Listening to Clara Iannotta’s “dead wasps in the jam-jar (ii)”
