| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Note |
The 1st work for gamelan ensemble; the 2nd and 4th works electronic music; the 3rd work for percussion and electronics; the 5th, 7th-9th works installations; the 6th work free improvisation; the 10th-11th works for string quartet. |
| Performer |
The Evergreen Club Gamelan Ensemble (Mark Duggan, Graham Hargrove, Paul Houle, Bill Parsons, Rick Sacks, Ryan Scott, Andrew Timar) (1st work) ; Blair Mackay, conductor (1st work) ; Rick Sacks, percussion, electronics (3rd work) ; Fred Frith, guitar, sound processing (6th work) ; Peter Mettler, field recordings, additional sounds, image and sound mixing (6th work) ; Quatuor Bozzini (Clemens Merkel, Nadia Francavilla, violin ; Stéphanie Bozzini, viola ; Isabelle Bozzini, violoncello) (10th-11th works). |
| Event |
The 1st work recorded at the premiè̀re performance at the Music Gallery, Toronto; the 2nd work recorded by Paul Hodge at a Canadian Electronic Ensemble Concert at the Music Gallery, Toronto; the 3rd work recorded in 2005 at L'Été photographique de Lectoure, Lectoure, France; the 6th work recorded live on RAI Radio, Rome; the 7th work recorded in 2004 at the World Financial Centre, New York City; the 8th work recorded in 1998 near the Highway 2 overpass in North Adams, Massachusetts; the 9th work recorded in 1991 at Trajan's Forum, Rome; the 10th-11th works recorded live in concert by Hendrik Hassert, Oct. 20, 2006, at Chapelle Saint-Louis in Montreal. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Includes program notes in English and French on insert. |
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CD accompanies serial Musicworks v. 97. |
| Contents |
Sparrows ; Clicks ; Sunday ice cream sundae ; Buoy / Rick Sacks (11:24; 1:24; 5:04; 2:48) -- Certain rhythms for space / Finnbogi Pétursson (10:30) -- Live sound and image improvisation at RAI, Rome. Excerpt / Fred Frith ; Peter Mettler (13:15) -- NYC : Blue moon. 3 tides ; Mass MoCA : Harmonic bridge ; Rome : Traffic mantra / Sam Auigner ; Bruce Odland (4:40; 8:29; 5:13) -- Gradients of detail. Excerpt 1 ; Excerpt 2 / Chiyoko Szlavnics (5:18; 5:18). |
| Language |
The 6th work incorporates singing in an unidentified language and spoken English. |
| Subject |
Gamelan music.
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Gamelan music. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronica (Music)
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Electronica (Music)
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Free jazz.
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Free jazz.
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| Subject |
Sound installations (Art)
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Sound installations (Art) |
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String quartets.
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String quartets. |
| Genre/Form |
String quartets.
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Chamber music.
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Chamber music.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
McKay, Blair Douglas, 1956- conductor.
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Sacks, Richard, 1952- performer.
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Frith, Fred, performer.
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Mettler, Peter, 1958- performer.
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Sacks, Richard, 1952-
Works. Selections. Selections.
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Finnbogi Pétursson, 1959-
Certain rhythms for space.
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Szlavnics, Chiyoko.
Gradients of detail. Selections.
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O + A (Musical group).
Works. Selections.
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Evergreen Club Gamelan, performer.
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Quatuor Bozzini, performer.
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| Note |
At head of title: Explorations in sound |
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