• For synthesized orchestra and variable number of interacting musicians

• Duration: 15' 15"
• In one movement
• Composed in 2021
• First performance: 04.06.21 Carlo Willems (percussion), Dree Peremans (trombone), Jurgen De Bruyn (archlute) and Mathis Van Cleynenbreugel (tenor) Stadsschouwburg, Tienen and Auditorium at Ten Square, Singapore
• Parts: To purchase the score, please email <rc@robertcasteels.com>

Bubbles op. 132B refers to a film created entirely in Singapore by Franck Pinckers and his wife Johanna Vlaminck, both Belgian filmmakers established in Singapore. The MIDI component of Bubbles opus 132B is identical to Bubbles opus 132A. Lou Van Cleynenbreugel, choir conductor and childhood friend of Casteels, sourced for musicians and a recording venue in Belgium. On 1-VI-2021 Carlo Willems (percussion), Dree Peremans (trombone), Jurgen De Bruyn (archlute) and Mathis Van Cleynenbreugel (tenor) recorded their improvisation in the CC De Kruisboog in Tienen, Casteels’s city of birth. Pinckers integrated these playful improvisations as poetic shadows in his movie. Starting from a thin sphere of liquid enclosing air, the movie progresses to a fortunate situation that is isolated from reality to a reflection about collective identity. The Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Brussels, Katoen Natie in Singapore and the Belgian Embassy in Singapore sponsored a concert entitled Bridges. First planned for 4 and 5-VI-2021, Bridges was postponed to 24 and 25-IX-2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.