Suspension No.4 (for Solo Melodica)

Composer: Soheil Shirangi
Year of Creation: 2020
Performer: David Bohn
Performance: January 12, 2021 — Twenty Seconds of 2020 Project
Twenty Seconds of 2020 Channel

Suspension No. 4 is part of my ongoing Suspension collection—a series of works exploring memory, silence, and the invisible presence of sound. To me, “suspension” embodies many things: people’s feelings, their memories, nostalgia, hopes, and finally, silence—the kind of silence that is both nothing and everything. Sometimes it can be heard, sometimes not, yet it remains tangible and unforgettable.

In this piece, I tried to recall forgotten memories, to give shape to what cannot be easily described. Every note carries a trace of remembrance; every pause becomes a breath of reflection. Suspension No. 4 lives between sound and silence—a quiet attempt to preserve what time tends to erase.