Passwords - George Aperghis 

Passwords were originally used by the military to identify each other at borders.

Nowadays we are bombarded with passwords and usernames in our everyday lives, creating combinations of words and figures to make ourselves secure.

The words used here are devoid of their original meaning and their layout creates an unusual syntax, a kind of a polyphony of meanings that means nothing.

It is this exercise that the piece’s six singers devote themselves to, trying to suppress the combination changes that take place.