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Extract from an orchestral composition from 2018, performed by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marián Lejava.

The title means 'Tenderness'.

Adrián Demoč writes that: "As both a listener and a composer I tend to prefer gentle and soft, non-violent music, although I’m also always searching for different shades, possibilities and discoveries within this very broad category. So Neha is a piece in which there is no fighting or screaming. Rather, we listen to constantly returning chords, pitches, silence. I somehow felt that by gradually removing all the ‘unnecessary’ elements, I was composing naked music. Naked tenderness (in Slovak it almost sounds like word-play – “nahá neha”).

The piece was commissioned by the Czech Philharmonic for the celebration of the first centenary of the creation of Czechoslovakia. But rather than an exuberant fanfare-like celebration of the centenary, this music is more likely to evoke a rather nostalgic feeling (although it is obviously not programmatic music).

Relatively consonant ‘known’ chords are used, but the whole thing happens beneath this surface. For example, these ‘well-tempered’ (and ‘well-known’) chords are doubled, or played in unison with, the same chords but using natural harmonics outside of the tempered tuning system. This doubling creates a gentle trembling of interferences, which adds a special acoustic quality, and, subjectively speaking, some kind of nostalgic ‘tenderness’. This ‘trembling of interferences’ should be audible from the very beginning of the piece.

As I said, the composition uses relatively simple harmonies, and the entire musical plot takes place at quiet dynamic levels, even at moments when the orchestra is playing tutti. Therefore, each note and chord must be played with enormous tenderness - quietly, softly, delicately. It is extremely important to maintain the necessary calmness and concentration throughout the duration of the whole piece.
I dedicate this piece to my ‘Czech friends whom I love’, as Slovak writer Dominik Tatarka would say. Without them, my music would have developed completely differently. And by the way, the name Neha also refers to a film by the Slovak director Martin Šulík."

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from Neha, released April 6, 2023

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