Inside was commissioned by and
written for Lawrence Cherney with the assistance of the Canada
Council. The tape portion is based entirely on the sounds of the
instrument used by the soloist, the bass oboe, whose resonant
low B-flat is the foundation of the work. Through the use of
highly resonant
delay lines and granular synthesis for time-stretching, the oboe sounds have been
extended to create an environment inside of which the performer
is placed. In fact, our ears are invited to go inside the sound
of this wonderful instrument, to experience its rich harmonics
and inner resonances with music that is sometimes lyrical, at
other times meditative. And in the middle, a dance.
Inside is available on the Cambridge
Street Records CD Inside.
Sound Example available
Score
Technical note:
The work was realized using the composer's PODX
system which incorporates the DMX-1000 Digital Signal
Processor controlled by a PDP Micro-11 computer with software
for real-time granular
synthesis and signal processing
developed by the composer in the School for the Contemporary
Arts at Simon Fraser University. The sounds were recorded on
8-track tape and mixed down in the Sonic Research Studio at
SFU.
