RE: looking for Electroacoustic Music on 'Sacred/religious/spiritual' themes

From: Robert MacKay (R.A.MacKay@hull.ac.uk)
Date: Sun Jan 16 2011 - 17:17:14 EST


Hi Susan,

I composed some pieces a few years ago for a multi-media project called 'Heloise', based on the lives and writings of Abelard and Heloise. Since Abelard was a composer as well as a theologian, I have taken fragments of his plainchants for the some of the material, as well as using the sounds of Bretton instruments, the bombarde and binou, as a leit-motif to reflect his Bretton routes.

In one of the pieces ('Augustine's Message'), St Augustine visits Abelard in a dream. The passages of text in this section are derived from quotes from the bible, mainly St Paul's writings to the Corinthians.

The pieces have been performed as an electroacoustic song-cycle called 'Heloise'. They are:

'Love's Beginings' (Soprano, Baritone, Live Electronics, 8 channel fixed-media)
'Need Without Reason' (8 channel fixed-media)
'Augustine's Message' (8 channel fixed-media)

'Need Without Reason' is actually on the 'DISContact! III' CD published by PeP and CEC. It features recordings of a female chorus.

The libretto is by Tania ap Siôn.

Best wishes,

Rob

Dr Robert Mackay
Lecturer in Creative Music Technology
School of Arts and New Media
University of Hull @ Scarborough

www.myspace.com/robflute

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-cec-conference@concordia.ca on behalf of susan frykberg
Sent: Sun 16/01/2011 3:00 AM
To: cec-conference@concordia.ca
Subject: looking for Electroacoustic Music on 'Sacred/religious/spiritual' themes
 
Hi all,

looking for electroacoustic music on 'sacred/religious/spiritual'
themes. I'm sure somebody is going to ask me what I mean by those
terms...............................

But in the meantime, if you've got anything deliberately composed on
these themes, let me know...........

thanks very much,

agape, susan

-- 
Susan Frykberg
New Zealand
Collaboration means to identify, affirm and nurture the skills and
gifts of others on a daily basis. James Hansen.


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