What I wanted to write was a piece imbued with the spirit of Bali: its dances, its rhythms and, above all, an explosion of life, simple and candid. The ending is the traditional signature of many Balinese pieces, a loving homage to this marvellous people from whom I learned so much.”

Premiere

• September 17, 2002, Bozzini Quartet • Concert de saison I, Chapelle Saint-Louis — Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montréal (Québec)

Performers

• Bozzini Quartet (Clemens Merkel, violin; Nadia Francavilla, violin; Stéphanie Bozzini, viola; Isabelle Bozzini, cello)

“The postmodern response to modernism consists in the acknowledgement that the past, given that it cannot be destroyed, since that destruction would lead to silence, must be revisited: with irony, in a non-innocent manner.”

— Umberto Eco

Premiere

• May 14, 2002, Bozzini Quartet • Concert, Salle Pierre-Mercure — Centre Pierre-Péladeau, Montréal (Québec)

Performers

• Bozzini Quartet (Clemens Merkel, violin; Nadia Francavilla, violin; Stéphanie Bozzini, viola; Isabelle Bozzini, cello)

Performers

• Bozzini Quartet (Clemens Merkel, violin; Nadia Francavilla, violin; Stéphanie Bozzini, viola; Isabelle Bozzini, cello)

Performers

• Bozzini Quartet (Clemens Merkel, violin; Nadia Francavilla, violin; Stéphanie Bozzini, viola; Isabelle Bozzini, cello)

Performers

• Bozzini Quartet (Clemens Merkel, violin; Nadia Francavilla, violin; Stéphanie Bozzini, viola; Isabelle Bozzini, cello)

Performers

• Bozzini Quartet (Clemens Merkel, violin; Nadia Francavilla, violin; Stéphanie Bozzini, viola; Isabelle Bozzini, cello)

Performers

• Bozzini Quartet (Clemens Merkel, violin; Nadia Francavilla, violin; Stéphanie Bozzini, viola; Isabelle Bozzini, cello)

Performers

• Bozzini Quartet (Clemens Merkel, violin; Nadia Francavilla, violin; Stéphanie Bozzini, viola; Isabelle Bozzini, cello)

The phrase “Daydream Mechanics” is taken from the title of a book by French-Canadian poet and novelist, Nicole Brossard. This quartet recalls the awkward adventures of childhood when the backyard seemed as full of fearsome possibilities as any unexplored geography. The simple mechanics of controlling ones own maneuvers make a challenge of a cultivated wilderness.

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Daydream Mechanics was titled Daydream Mechanics V through 2020.

Premiere

• April 29, 2001, Concert, Schwartzsche Villa, Berlin (Germany)

Performers

• Bozzini Quartet (Clemens Merkel, violin; Nadia Francavilla, violin; Stéphanie Bozzini, viola; Isabelle Bozzini, cello)

The music is a structured improvisation composition in which the overall structure, as well as the process of development of each song, are pre-set and performance materials and techniques are clearly delineated. The element of improvisation then becomes the process through which all the musical materials are realized, moment to moment, by each musician within the framework of the composition.

Premiere

• May 2, 2002, Bozzini Quartet • Concert, La Chapelle — scènes contemporaines, Montréal (Québec)

Performers

• Bozzini Quartet (Clemens Merkel, violin; Nadia Francavilla, violin; Stéphanie Bozzini, viola; Isabelle Bozzini, cello)

Performers

• Bozzini Quartet (Clemens Merkel, violin; Nadia Francavilla, violin; Stéphanie Bozzini, viola; Isabelle Bozzini, cello)

Performers

• Bozzini Quartet (Clemens Merkel, violin; Nadia Francavilla, violin; Stéphanie Bozzini, viola; Isabelle Bozzini, cello)

Performers

• Bozzini Quartet (Clemens Merkel, violin; Nadia Francavilla, violin; Stéphanie Bozzini, viola; Isabelle Bozzini, cello)

Performers

• Bozzini Quartet (Clemens Merkel, violin; Nadia Francavilla, violin; Stéphanie Bozzini, viola; Isabelle Bozzini, cello)