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TRUST ME

for symphony orchestra and text performer

a frenetic loop about trust, visions and insomnia

Commission and performance by Basel Sinfonietta conducted by Titus Engel

Score*, script, text performance: Gemma Ragués

13'

Premiered at Klang Copenhagen on June 7th 2024 by Basel Sinfonietta, Titus Engel and Gemma Ragués

Enabled by the support of the Fondation Nicati-de Luze and the Swiss Cultural Foundation Pro Helvetia.

*with a quote from James Horner and inspirations from Ondřej Adámek, Inti Figgis-Vizueta and Marina Herlop

Review from Seismograf (DK)​​

TRUST ME Interview

Live recording by Danish Radio (DR P2) in Klang Copenhagen

Sound engineer: Peter Bo Nielsen. Sound producer: Gorm Larsen

(...) "Det bedste og mest medrivende værk denne aften med det schweiziske Basel Sinfonietta var spanske Gemma Ragués Pujols behandling af emnet tillid i Trust Me for performancekunstner og orkester. Komponisten selv indgik i et forrygende samspil med orkestret, som i perfekt timing eksekverede en tekst om at stole på hinanden. Musikken vækkede hende 7 am, og pludselig huskede hun, at hun havde et skænderi for 1500 dage siden med sin søster. Søsterens råben og skrigen hørtes præcist og kontrastfyldt i orkestret. »Man kan ikke stole på hende,« reciterede Pujol, som var det en moderne opera – men »trust me!.. I trust you,« gentog hun flere gange. Værket blev tiltagende rytmisk og steg i intensitet (med kortvarig bossanova) og gav mindelser om Bernsteins musik, men stod alligevel originalt, skarpt og ikke-sårbart. Gemma Pujol vidste, hvad hun ville, og eksekverede det virtuost. " (...)

(Review in Seismograf (DK))

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The work presents a loop of thoughts that appear night after night in someone’s mind:

 

1)  An ex-girlfriend that comes and leaves.

2)  My best friend complaining about her boss. 

6)  My therapist.

 

The work presents a loop of thoughts related to trust that appear night after night in someone’s mind:

1)   An ex-girlfriend that comes and leaves and I couldn’t trust.

2)  My best friend’s boss. She couldn’t trust her anymore.

6)  I trust my therapist.

 

A loop of thoughts presents:

1)  An ex-girlfriend

2)  A boss

3)  Jack and Rose

5)  Mum

6)  My therapist

11)  My fish stop eating. It has a trust disorder

​​In an attempt to organize the loop, the main character lists the thoughts every night in their order of appearance:

1)

2)

6)

11)

11)

6)

4)  I don’t trust this text, it’s not good enough

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TRUST ME

a frenetic narration where text and music melt together in a feverish stream of trust, humor, absurdity and some deepest fears in someone’s mind.

Text by Gemma Ragués, 2024

Live recording by Danish Radio (DR P2) in Klang Copenhagen. Sound engineer: Peter Bo Nielsen. Sound producer: Gorm Larsen

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Pictures: Courtesy of  © Alexander Banck-Petersen

© 2025 Gemma Ragués Pujol

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