A night in the piazza

Cities and Memory - remixing the world

"Listening to the traces of a Saturday night in a Roman piazza made me think about the ways that recorded sound can transport us powerfully into the past and make us feel we have been physically present in a place we have never visited.
"I was drawn to specific sounds - voices and glassy clinks - that had a tuneful quality and played with echoing or responding to them on my cello.
"My narration seeks to draw the listener's attention to their own act of listening, to certain intriguing motifs and moments, as well as to the idea that we are inhabiting both present and past.
"The original field recording, only very lightly edited, provides a sound bed for the entire piece."
Piazza San Calisto, Rome reimagined by Alice Garner.