Music, Software, Research
Fission
Fission (2005) for two Violas and live electronics was written at the request of Rivka Golani for the 2005 Music Extra festival in Birmingham. It is inspired by the idea of nuclear fission - a process whereby a microscopic chain reaction can release massive amounts of energy.
The piece divides into three movements: a dance-like opening; an energetic, stabbing central movement; and a slow epilogue. In the second movement the process of fission is characterised musically through use of the electronics to split the sound (harsh, staccato chords) into sinusoidal spectral components (the atomic building blocks of sound) and play them back into the performance space as 'resonance'.
The recording was made live in the Recital Hall at Birmingham Conservatoire, and includes the entire piece. It was performed by Davide and Larissa.
The piece divides into three movements: a dance-like opening; an energetic, stabbing central movement; and a slow epilogue. In the second movement the process of fission is characterised musically through use of the electronics to split the sound (harsh, staccato chords) into sinusoidal spectral components (the atomic building blocks of sound) and play them back into the performance space as 'resonance'.
The recording was made live in the Recital Hall at Birmingham Conservatoire, and includes the entire piece. It was performed by Davide and Larissa.