Performed by: Meitar Ensemble
Pierre-Andre Valade - cond. (2025)
Video
Program Note
Flight Instructions is conceived as a guided inner journey — a continuous trip in sound, image, and sensation. Inspired by the short verbal cues that accompany psychedelic exploration, the work uses fragments of text as gentle provocations: invitations to look, release, trust, and move toward the unknown. These cues appear and dissolve within a sonic world that unfolds in slow, almost imperceptible transformations.
The soundscapes shift gradually from one state to the next, creating a sense of fluid motion rather than discrete sections. Electronics extend and complement the timbres of the ensemble, blurring the boundary between acoustic and digital presence. The video layer functions similarly: not as illustration, but as a parallel stream of perception that deepens the listener’s immersion.
Rather than telling a story, Flight Instructions offers a space to inhabit — a sustained, evolving trip where sound, breath, and attention become the terrain itself.
Performances
27 Dec 2025 Meitar Ensemble
Pierre-André Valade (France), conductor
Yoni Gotlibovich, cello Auditorium, Israel Conservatory of Music Tel Aviv–Jaffa Jaffa
