Music Festival O•zvočenje 22: SAETA

As part of the annual event of original music, already present at the Bežigrad Gallery since 1977, the three-day music festival is presenting electro, electroacoustic, acoustic and experimental music genres.

Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 7 p.m.
SAETA
Miloš Bašin − percussion, traditional instruments
Aleš Gasparič − flutes, ocarina, pipes
Lado Jakša − wind instruments, keyboards
Boštjan Perovšek − computer, soundscapes
Sound − Boštjan Perovšek

SAETA formed in 1977, as the first, and at that time only, group in Slovenia to bring together in its approach organized improvisation, elements of experimental music based on diverse scores, notations, and performance instructions, elements of minimalist (repetitive) music, and live or recorded electroacoustic music of a variety of sound sources. The group has remained faithful to its original approach to this day. Over time, Saeta has become established both at home and abroad, giving concerts in Ljubljana (in the Cankarjev Dom cultural center and as part of the European Month of Culture), in other cities of former Yugoslavia, such as Belgrade (performing at the European Festival of Minimalist Music) and Opatija (at the Music Creativity of Yugoslavia festival), and elsewhere in Europe, e.g. in Paris (at the Biennial of Young Artists) and Graz (at the Steirischer Herbst). In 2002, the group staged the “O-zvočenje 1” event (About-Soundings 1) together with composers from Slovenia, France, and Serbia and Montenegro.
CD: 1997, "SAETA / CONCERT 1979", 2007, "O-zvočenje 4, SAETA Koncert / Concert 2006, 2007, "OKOSTJA", 2009, »Koncert / Concert 2008«, 2011 »Sotočja / Confluences« with Tinkara Kovač.
Let’s Go to Gregor Strniša's Forest
Dusk is falling, it’s getting dark and the moon shines brighter and brighter. Bells, ocarina, flute, keyboards... No, this
is not a computer. More, less, and more, and deeper into the forest, our forest, your forest.
Thank you, Miloš, Aleš, Lado, Boštjan. Thank you, Saeta.
Goodbye. Lidija Golc

In Bežigrad Gallery 2, 25 April 2024                           
The ensemble composed a new piece for the festival and performed it for the first time. It consisted of five parts, Each lasting for approximately ten minutes. The first part featured rare, silent and soft high notes.
The second part was dedicated to the sound of Lado Jakša’s piano with occasional contributions from other instruments and electronic sounds from other members of the ensemble. The next part was dedicated to sounds from the electronic accordion played in harmony with some other instruments.
Rhythm came into play in the fourth part, leading the way to the final part dominated by repetition of electronic musical patterns in perfect balance. Each musician joined in with (mainly) acoustic instruments.
Miloš Bašin − percussion, traditional instruments
Aleš Gasparič – flutes, ocarina, pipes
Lado Jakša − woodwind, keyboards
Boštjan Perovšek − computer, sound surroundings, sound
Miloš Bašin