In The Cut

For Viola, Cello, Bass clarinet, bass guitar and LP. Can also be performed with sustaining instruments and sine tone generator. Premiered: Decibel new music ensemble, September, 2009 in the 'Tape It' concert, WAAPA Music Auditorium. This peice has been performed in Europe (Decibel) and around Australia. Recorded: Distintegration:Mutation, HellosQuared, CD, 2010. This is a study in decline, in particular pitch decline, and the decline of structure and melody. The work begins in the high range of instruments and journeys constantly downward in pitch until the instruments have no tuning left at all, just a loose string or open embouchure. The turntable has a 10” record that plays a descending tone (made especially for the work) that links the bass guitar to the acoustic instruments. In the Cut is a novel by Susanne Moore published in 1999, later adapted into a film directed by Jane Campion. This piece is inspired by the slow burning eroticism that accompanies the disintegration that takes place in that story. A digital or hard copy of the score is available from Material Press.本作品为中提琴、大提琴、低音单簧管、电贝斯与密纹唱片（LP）而创作，亦可采用持续音乐器与正弦音发生器进行演绎。首演信息：2009年9月，分贝新音乐合奏团（Decibel new music ensemble）于西澳表演艺术学院（WAAPA）音乐厅的「Tape It」音乐会中完成首演。本作品曾由分贝新音乐合奏团于欧洲及澳大利亚全境演出。录制版本收录于2010年发行的CD专辑《Distintegration:Mutation, HellosQuared》中。 本作品是一部关于衰朽的研究，尤以音高衰朽、结构与旋律的消解为核心。作品始于各乐器的高音域，音高持续下行，直至乐器彻底失去音准，仅余松弛的琴弦或开放的吹口。唱盘搭载一张10英寸密纹唱片，其上播放为本作品特制的下行音调，用以衔接电贝斯与原声乐器。 《In the Cut》是苏珊·穆尔（Susanne Moore）于1999年出版的小说，后被改编为由简·坎皮恩（Jane Campion）执导的同名电影。本作品的创作灵感源自该小说中伴随消解过程而生的缓滞情欲。乐谱的数字版与实体版均可向Material Press申请获取。