The Sinister Glamour of Modernity

For two instruments.​Dedicated to Dawn Bennett.​Premiered: Dawn Bennett (viola) and Diana Blom (piano), Curtin University April 2, 2013 with futher performances at University of Western Sydney and Edith Cowan University.Vibraphone and viola version premiered by Pheobe Green and Leah Scholes in Melbourne, June 2016, with further performances at Griffith University and Sydney Conservatorium​Laptop version premiered by Judy Curry at University of Centra Missouri, USA in November 2016...."an exceptionally creepy, spidery sound underpinning the viola’s drunken, careening lines." is Mathew Lorenzon, 2016 Partial Durations.This piece for explores ways different instruments describe the tracing of memory. Can the things that happen in a place or time be somehow recorded or remembered if there is no 'physical' evidence of them? Using the performers aural skills to find and trace each others pitch and dynamic choices - not provided in the score - this work uses the concept of the sustained note as a parallel to a longterm memory etch. The work is inspired by Australian author Ross Gibson's book ' Seven Versions of an Australian Badlands', and the title is taken from one of the chapters of that book. E-bows are used on the piano to create ghost like sustained tones uncharacteristic of the piano.To perform this piece, you will need the score file and the Decibel Score Player which you will need to read on an iPad. You can also read it a a video. A digital or hard copy of the score is available from Material Press.Below is the score to this peice, a recording on viola and piano and a performance by a laptop performer.

本数据集收录了两件乐器的作品。此作品特献给 Dawn Bennett。首演于2013年4月2日的Curtin大学，由Dawn Bennett（中提琴）和Diana Blom（钢琴）演奏，后续演出于西悉尼大学和埃迪斯·科万大学。打击乐与中提琴版本由Pheobe Green和Leah Scholes在墨尔本首演，于2016年6月，并在格里菲斯大学和悉尼音乐学院进行了进一步演出。笔记本电脑版本由Judy Curry在2016年11月的美国中部密苏里大学首演。作品中，Matthew Lorenzon描述了‘异常令人毛骨悚然的，蜘蛛般的音色’，支撑着中提琴那醉酒般摇摆的线条。本作品旨在探讨不同乐器如何描绘记忆的轨迹。在没有任何‘物理’证据的情况下，一个地方或时间发生的事情是否能够以某种方式被记录或记住？通过表演者的听觉技巧寻找和追踪彼此的音高和动态选择——这些在乐谱中并未提供——本作品将持续的音符与长期记忆的刻画相类比。作品灵感来源于澳大利亚作家Ross Gibson的著作《七个澳大利亚荒野版本》，标题取自该书的一个章节。在钢琴上使用电子琴弓创造出钢琴不常见的幽灵般的持续音。要演奏此作品，您需要乐谱文件和Decibel Score Player，您需要将其读取在iPad上。您也可以通过视频阅读。乐谱的数字版或印刷版可以从Material Press获取。以下是本作品的乐谱、中提琴和钢琴的录音，以及笔记本电脑演奏者的表演。